Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving up the ghost

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing up the ghost
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give up the ghost

Questions

What does giving up the ghost mean?
present participle and gerund of give up the ghost

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