Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving someone the shits

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing -some-one the shits
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give someone the shits

Questions

What does giving someone the shits mean?
present participle and gerund of give someone the shits

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