Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gives someone a speaking to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables
gives -some-one a s-peak-ing -to
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone a speaking to

Inflected Forms

gives someone (canonical)

Questions

What does gives someone a speaking to mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone a speaking to

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