Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning the screw

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing the screw
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn the screw

Questions

What does turning the screw mean?
present participle and gerund of turn the screw

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