Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seizing up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
seiz-ing up
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of seize up

Questions

What does seizing up mean?
present participle and gerund of seize up

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