Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding hostage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing hostage
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold hostage

Questions

What does holding hostage mean?
present participle and gerund of hold hostage

How to pronounce holding hostage

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