Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaping up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

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

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shape up

Questions

What does shaping up mean?
present participle and gerund of shape up

How to pronounce shaping up

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