Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having the wind up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing the wind up
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have the wind up

Questions

What does having the wind up mean?
present participle and gerund of have the wind up

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