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bebothering

bebothering is the present participle and gerund of bebother.

Meaning of bebother

Verb

bebother (third-person singular simple present bebothers, present participle bebothering, simple past and past participle bebothered)

  1. (transitive) To bring trouble upon.
    • “There is brass for all. Just home, paid off—and find my wife dead—and me saddled with the yowling kid. I’m off to sea again. Don’t see no sport widering here all bebothered with a baby.”1896, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Broom-Squire, published 1905, page 6
  2. (euphemistic, imperative) Damn; curse.
    • ‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in The Hobbit

Questions about bebothering

What is bebothering the present participle and gerund of?
Bebothering is the present participle and gerund of bebother.

Words near bebothering in the dictionary

  1. beboppers
  2. bebopping
  3. bebops
  4. bebother
  5. bebothered
  6. bebothering
  7. bebothers
  8. bebouldered
  9. Bebout
  10. Bebouts
  11. Bebra

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