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bayoneting

bayoneting is the present participle and gerund of bayonet.

Meaning of bayonet

Verb

bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)

  1. (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
  2. (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
    • to bayonet us into a submission1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC

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Noun

bayoneting (plural bayonetings)

  1. A stabbing with a bayonet.

Forms of bayoneting

Verb
alternative formbayonetting
Noun
pluralbayonetings

Questions about bayoneting

What does bayoneting mean?
Bayoneting means a stabbing with a bayonet.
What is bayoneting the present participle and gerund of?
Bayoneting is the present participle and gerund of bayonet.
What part of speech is bayoneting?
Bayoneting is a noun.
What is the plural of bayoneting?
The plural of bayoneting is bayonetings.

Words near bayoneting in the dictionary

  1. bayonet charges
  2. Bayonet Constitution
  3. bayoneted
  4. bayoneteer
  5. bayoneteers
  6. bayoneting
  7. bayonetings
  8. bayonetlike
  9. bayonets
  10. bayonetted
  11. bayonetting

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