Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tearing up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
tear-ing up
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tear up

Questions

What does tearing up mean?
present participle and gerund of tear up

How to pronounce tearing up

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