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argy-bargying

argy-bargying is the present participle and gerund of argy-bargy.

Meaning of argy-bargy

Verb

argy-bargy (third-person singular simple present argy-bargies, present participle argy-bargying, simple past and past participle argy-bargied)

  1. (UK) To argue.
    • Ten minutes at the least did she stand at the door argy-bargying with that man.1897, J. M. Barrie, chapter 6, in Margaret Ogilvy

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Questions about argy-bargying

What is argy-bargying the present participle and gerund of?
Argy-bargying is the present participle and gerund of argy-bargy.

Words near argy-bargying in the dictionary

  1. argutite
  2. argy
  3. argy-bargied
  4. argy-bargies
  5. argy-bargy
  6. argy-bargying
  7. argying
  8. argyle
  9. argyles
  10. argyll
  11. Argyll and Bute

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