Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.33 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play up

Questions

What does playing up mean?
present participle and gerund of play up

How to pronounce playing up

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