Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving someone a speaking to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing -some-one a s-peak-ing -to
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give someone a speaking to

Questions

What does giving someone a speaking to mean?
present participle and gerund of give someone a speaking to

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