Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

played up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables
played up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of play up

Questions

What does played up mean?
simple past and past participle of play up

How to pronounce played up

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