Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gets cracking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
get-s crack-ing
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does gets cracking mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of get cracking

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