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bewhiskering

bewhiskering is the present participle and gerund of bewhisker.

Meaning of bewhisker

Verb

bewhisker (third-person singular simple present bewhiskers, present participle bewhiskering, simple past and past participle bewhiskered)

  1. (transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
    • Cinema magnates preferred to bewhisker the handsome profile and contort the slender Barrymore frame to suit weird, melodramatic parts then in vogue.1937, The Literary Digest, volume 124, page 16

Questions about bewhiskering

What is bewhiskering the present participle and gerund of?
Bewhiskering is the present participle and gerund of bewhisker.

Words near bewhiskering in the dictionary

  1. bewhined
  2. bewhines
  3. bewhining
  4. bewhisker
  5. bewhiskered
  6. bewhiskering
  7. bewhiskers
  8. bewhisper
  9. bewhispered
  10. bewhispering
  11. bewhispers

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