Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tightening up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
tight-en-ing up
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tighten up

Questions

What does tightening up mean?
present participle and gerund of tighten up

How to pronounce tightening up

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