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barbering

barbering noun: the trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.

Noun

barbering (uncountable)

  1. The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
    • The trades of barbering and surgery have long been linked, as evidenced by the barber's red and white striped pole.
    • After several days in the bush, he had grown lax with his barbering and needed a good shave before he was presentable again.
  2. (informal) The practice among pets of overgrooming each other, leaving bald patches.

barbering meaning in Tamil

barbering in Tamil

முடிதிருத்துகை

Origin of barbering

From barber + -ing.

Questions about barbering

What does barbering mean?
Barbering means the trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
What is barbering in Tamil?
Barbering in Tamil is முடிதிருத்துகை. See Barbering meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is barbering?
Barbering is a noun.

Words near barbering in the dictionary

  1. Barberets
  2. barberfish
  3. barberfishes
  4. barberhood
  5. barberiite
  6. barbering
  7. Barberio
  8. Barberios
  9. barberish
  10. barberly
  11. barbermonger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barbering (page history and authors); barbering (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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