Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picking up the phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
pick-ing up the -phone
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pick up the phone

Questions

What does picking up the phone mean?
present participle and gerund of pick up the phone

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