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balderdashing

balderdashing is the present participle and gerund of balderdash.

Meaning of balderdash

Verb

balderdash (third-person singular simple present balderdashes, present participle balderdashing, simple past and past participle balderdashed)

  1. (archaic) To mix or adulterate.
    • That which is made by the peasants, both red and white, is generally genuine: but the wine-merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeons dung and quick-lime.1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, 2nd edition, London: R. Baldwin, Volume I, Letter 19, p. 309

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Questions about balderdashing

What is balderdashing the present participle and gerund of?
Balderdashing is the present participle and gerund of balderdash.

Words near balderdashing in the dictionary

  1. Balderas
  2. Balderases
  3. balderdash
  4. balderdashed
  5. balderdashes
  6. balderdashing
  7. Balderrama
  8. Balderramas
  9. Baldersby
  10. Baldersleigh
  11. Balderson

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