Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beat one's head against a stone wall

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: beat- one's -head- a-gain-st a -s-tone wall
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of bang one's head against a brick wall.

Inflected Forms

beats one's head against a stone wall (present, singular) beating one's head against a stone wall (participle, present) beaten one's head against a stone wall (participle, past)

Questions

What does beat one's head against a stone wall mean?: Alternative form of bang one's head against a brick wall.

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