Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
rough up
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To manhandle or beat up.

verb

To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain).

verb

To rub the loam that covers the brick wall of a mould to make it adhere firmly.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

roughs up (present, singular) roughing up (participle, present) roughed up (participle, past) roughed up (past)

Phrases

rough up the bullpen

Questions

What does rough up mean?
To manhandle or beat up.

How to pronounce rough up

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