Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing -down
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold down

Questions

What does holding down mean?
present participle and gerund of hold down

How to pronounce holding down

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