Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shocking and awing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
shock-ing and aw-ing
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shock and awe

Questions

What does shocking and awing mean?
present participle and gerund of shock and awe

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