Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banging one's head against a brick wall

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
bang-ing one's -head- a-gain-st a brick- wall
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bang one's head against a brick wall

Questions

What does banging one's head against a brick wall mean?
present participle and gerund of bang one's head against a brick wall

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