Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gave someone a speaking to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables
gave -some-one a s-peak-ing -to
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of give someone a speaking to

Inflected Forms

gave someone (canonical)

Questions

What does gave someone a speaking to mean?
simple past and past participle of give someone a speaking to

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