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badling

badling noun: one who is considered bad.

Noun (1)

badling (plural badlings)

  1. (rare) One who is considered bad.
    Synonyms:
    baddie, loser

Noun (2)

badling (plural badlings)

  1. (collective) A brood, group, or flock of ducks.
    • Some people say you can’t go back home, but for a badling of Ducks, that is not true.2024 July 31, Carter Bordwell, “Once a Duck…”, in Taylor Press, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
    • Wisps of snipe and badlings of duck sprang into the air1921 October, Samuel Scoville Jr., “High Sky”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas, volume XLVIII, page 1062

Proper noun capitalized: Badling

Badling

  1. A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.

Synonyms of badling

Forms of badling

pluralbadlings

Origin of badling

Perhaps from Middle English *badling, from Old English bædling (“an effeminate person”), or simply bad + -ling.

Perhaps an alteration of paddling.

Questions about badling

What does badling mean?
Badling means one who is considered bad.
What part of speech is badling?
Badling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of badling?
The plural of badling is badlings.

Words near badling in the dictionary

  1. badland
  2. badlands
  3. badlas
  4. badley
  5. Badleys
  6. badling
  7. badlings
  8. badly
  9. badly off
  10. badly packed kebab
  11. badly packed kebabs

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