Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heap on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: heap on
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give someone a lot of something (advice, praise, insults, etc.), especially more so than they can handle or is appropriate

Inflected Forms

heaps on (present, singular) heaping on (participle, present) heaped on (participle, past) heaped on (past)

Questions

What does heap on mean?: To give someone a lot of something (advice, praise, insults, etc.), especially more so than they can handle or is appropriate

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