Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
gun up
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gun the engine of a vehicle.

Intransitive verb

verb

To be armed with a gun or to arm with a gun.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

guns up (present, singular) gunning up (participle, present) gunned up (participle, past) gunned up (past)

Questions

What does gun up mean?
To gun the engine of a vehicle.

How to pronounce gun up

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