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begauming

begauming is the present participle and gerund of begaum.

Meaning of begaum

Verb

begaum (third-person singular simple present begaums, present participle begauming, simple past and past participle begaumed)

  1. (UK, US, dialectal, past, rare) To smear (with something sticky or messy).
    • Honest toil! The kind that bedews a guy's brow with honest sweat and also begaums it with what came from the crank case and off the axle; […]1926 January 2, Kennett Harris, “Onward and Upward Led”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 198, number 27, page 6

Questions about begauming

What is begauming the present participle and gerund of?
Begauming is the present participle and gerund of begaum.

Words near begauming in the dictionary

  1. begattest
  2. begaud
  3. begauded
  4. begaum
  5. begaumed
  6. begauming
  7. begaums
  8. begave
  9. begavolt
  10. begavolts
  11. begay

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