Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buttoning up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
but-ton-ing up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of button up

Questions

What does buttoning up mean?
present participle and gerund of button up

How to pronounce buttoning up

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