Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucking up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
buck-ing up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of buck up

Questions

What does bucking up mean?
present participle and gerund of buck up

How to pronounce bucking up

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