Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing the book at

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing the -book at
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw the book at

Questions

What does throwing the book at mean?
present participle and gerund of throw the book at

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