Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing up one's hands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing up one's hands
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw up one's hands

Questions

What does throwing up one's hands mean?
present participle and gerund of throw up one's hands

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