Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaking in one's boots

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
shak-ing in one's -boots
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shake in one's boots

Questions

What does shaking in one's boots mean?
present participle and gerund of shake in one's boots

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