Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roughs up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
rough-s up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does roughs up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of rough up

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