Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swimming upstream

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
swim-ming up-stream
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of swim upstream

Questions

What does swimming upstream mean?
present participle and gerund of swim upstream

How to pronounce swimming upstream

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