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babbing

babbing is the present participle and gerund of bab.

Meaning of bab

Verb

bab (third-person singular simple present babs, present participle babbing, simple past and past participle babbed)

  1. (East-Anglia, intransitive) To fish for eels using a bab.
    • The babbers follow the eels, and you may see fifteen boats as close together as possible, babbing away, and catching as much as four stone-weight of eels per boat of a night.1884, George Christopher Davies, Norfolk Broads and Rivers, W. Blackwood and sons, page 244

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Questions about babbing

What is babbing the present participle and gerund of?
Babbing is the present participle and gerund of bab.

Words near babbing in the dictionary

  1. babber
  2. babber-lipped
  3. babbers
  4. babbie
  5. babbies
  6. babbing
  7. babbit
  8. babbited
  9. babbiting
  10. babbitry
  11. babbits

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