Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brushing up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
brush-ing up
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of brush up

Questions

What does brushing up mean?
present participle and gerund of brush up

How to pronounce brushing up

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