Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongue in cheek

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
tongue in cheek
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of tongue-in-cheek.

Inflected Forms

more tongue in cheek (comparative) most tongue in cheek (superlative)

Questions

What does tongue in cheek mean?
Alternative form of tongue-in-cheek.

How to pronounce tongue in cheek

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