Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaping up or shipping out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
shap-ing up or -ship-ping out
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shape up or ship out

Questions

What does shaping up or shipping out mean?
present participle and gerund of shape up or ship out

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