Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

striking up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
strik-ing up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of strike up

Questions

What does striking up mean?
present participle and gerund of strike up

How to pronounce striking up

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