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auntying

auntying is the present participle and gerund of auntie.

Meaning of auntie

Verb

auntie (third-person singular simple present aunties, present participle auntying, simple past and past participle auntied)

  1. To be or behave like the aunt of.
    • In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.1994, Maria Guadalupe Serna-Perez, Entrepreneurship, Women's Roles, and the Domestic Cycle

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Questions about auntying

What is auntying the present participle and gerund of?
Auntying is the present participle and gerund of auntie.

Words near auntying in the dictionary

  1. aunts
  2. aunts-in-law
  3. auntship
  4. auntships
  5. aunty
  6. auntying
  7. auntyish
  8. auntyji
  9. auntyjis
  10. auoided
  11. auol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auntying (page history and authors); auntie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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