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# How to pronounce "shapeup" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ʃæpɛʌp/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **sha·peup**
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/En-au-shapeup.ogg/En-au-shapeup.ogg.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- a gathering of labourers, where employers hire them for day jobs.
  - *Example*: "Even with all that prosperity there were bindle stiffs who didn't do so good: so he and the others dropped into a saloon, got a hundred bucks worth of small change, stepped back into the cab, drove over by the shapeup, that's what they said it was, a shapeup, and they threw money to the guys, laughed when they scrambled for the small change, niggers and wops, some poor yids, and some Americans too: they scrambled on the pier, scraping up a hundred bucks worth of nickels, dimes and pennies."
- A regular meeting by a criminal organization in which jobs are assigned.
  - *Example*: "Worse, he required his men to attend weekly shapeups at his social club on a busy street in lower Manhattan."

### Example Sentences
- "Even with all that prosperity there were bindle stiffs who didn't do so good: so he and the others dropped into a saloon, got a hundred bucks worth of small change, stepped back into the cab, drove over by the shapeup, that's what they said it was, a shapeup, and they threw money to the guys, laughed when they scrambled for the small change, niggers and wops, some poor yids, and some Americans too: they scrambled on the pier, scraping up a hundred bucks worth of nickels, dimes and pennies."
- "Worse, he required his men to attend weekly shapeups at his social club on a busy street in lower Manhattan."

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "shapeup"

- **Syllables**: sha · peup
- **IPA**: `/ʃæpɛʌp/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Related Pronunciations

[shakeup](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shakeup), [shaddup](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shaddup), [shaloup](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shaloup), [sha](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sha), [shaadi](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shaadi), [shab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shab), [shabaroon](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shabaroon), [shabash](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/shabash)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “shapeup”?
“shapeup” is pronounced /ʃæpɛʌp/ (sha · peup). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “shapeup”?
“shapeup” has 2 syllables: sha · peup.

### What does “shapeup” mean?
a gathering of labourers, where employers hire them for day jobs.


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