Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backing up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
back-ing up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of back up

Questions

What does backing up mean?
present participle and gerund of back up

How to pronounce backing up

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