Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning turtle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing -tur-tle
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn turtle

Questions

What does turning turtle mean?
present participle and gerund of turn turtle

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