Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticking bomb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: tick-ing bomb
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of time bomb (“a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time”).

Inflected Forms

ticking bombs (plural)

Synonyms

time bomb

Questions

What does ticking bomb mean?: Synonym of time bomb (“a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time”).

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