Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pricking up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
prick-ing up
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of prick up

Questions

What does pricking up mean?
present participle and gerund of prick up

How to pronounce pricking up

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