Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keyed up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
keyed up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nervous; worried.

Colloquial

verb

simple past and past participle of key up

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the phrasal verb key up.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more keyed up (comparative) most keyed up (superlative)

Questions

What does keyed up mean?
Nervous; worried.
Where does keyed up come from?
From the phrasal verb key up.

How to pronounce keyed up

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