Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

better than a kick in the teeth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
bet-ter than a -kick- in the -teeth
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does better than a kick in the teeth mean?
Better than nothing.

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