Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocking up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

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

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cock up

Questions

What does cocking up mean?
present participle and gerund of cock up

How to pronounce cocking up

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