Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning the screws

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing the screws
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn the screws

Questions

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

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