Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tensing up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
tens-ing up
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tense up

Questions

What does tensing up mean?
present participle and gerund of tense up

How to pronounce tensing up

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