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betonguing

betonguing is the present participle and gerund of betongue.

Meaning of betongue

Verb

betongue (third-person singular simple present betongues, present participle betonguing, simple past and past participle betongued)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To assail or attack someone verbally, often by mocking, jeering or railing against them.

Questions about betonguing

What is betonguing the present participle and gerund of?
Betonguing is the present participle and gerund of betongue.

Words near betonguing in the dictionary

  1. betones
  2. Betong
  3. betongue
  4. betongued
  5. betongues
  6. betonguing
  7. betonicine
  8. betonicolide
  9. betonicoside
  10. betonicosides
  11. betonies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betonguing (page history and authors); betongue (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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