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tongue-tying

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
tongue--ty-ing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tongue-tie

Questions

What does tongue-tying mean?
present participle and gerund of tongue-tie

How to pronounce tongue-tying

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