Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beating the dummy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
beat-ing the -dum-my
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beat the dummy

Questions

What does beating the dummy mean?
present participle and gerund of beat the dummy

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