Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tilting at windmills

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
tilt-ing at wind-mills
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tilt at windmills

Questions

What does tilting at windmills mean?
present participle and gerund of tilt at windmills

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