Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perking up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
perk-ing up
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of perk up

Questions

What does perking up mean?
present participle and gerund of perk up

How to pronounce perking up

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