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batmobiling

batmobiling is the present participle and gerund of batmobile.

Meaning of batmobile

Verb

batmobile (third-person singular simple present batmobiles, present participle batmobiling, simple past and past participle batmobiled)

  1. (slang) To move or proceed as if in the Batmobile
    • We knew they were coming to children's records. It was only a matter of time before Bruce Wain^([sic]) and Dick Grayson would come Batmobiling off the turntable.1966 July 10, George A. Woods, “Pow! Zowie! Zap! It's Batman”, in The New York Times
  2. (dated, slang) To put up an emotional or intellectual shield, especially to protect oneself from something that makes one uncomfortable.
    • Genericans live on fast food bought with $20 bills (Yuppie food coupons) taken out of automatic teller machines.
      They tend to be young men and women prone to batmobiling, defined as "putting up protective emotional shields just as a relationship enters an intimate vulnerable stage," like the steel...1997 June 8, James Coates, “Generica, Semisweet Land Of Jitterati”, in Chicago Tribune

Verb capitalized: Batmobiling

Batmobiling

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Batmobile

Questions about batmobiling

What is batmobiling the present participle and gerund of?
Batmobiling is the present participle and gerund of batmobile.
What part of speech is batmobiling?
Batmobiling is a verb.

Words near batmobiling in the dictionary

  1. batmen
  2. batmitzvah
  3. batmobile
  4. batmobiled
  5. batmobiles
  6. batmobiling
  7. batn.
  8. BATNA
  9. BATNAs
  10. BATNEEC
  11. batnipples

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batmobiling (page history and authors); Batmobiling (page history and authors); batmobile (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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