Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locking up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
lock-ing up
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lock up

Questions

What does locking up mean?
present participle and gerund of lock up

How to pronounce locking up

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