Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going pear shaped

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing -pear shaped
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go pear shaped

Questions

What does going pear shaped mean?
present participle and gerund of go pear shaped

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