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billingsgated

billingsgated is the simple past and past participle of billingsgate.

Meaning of billingsgate

Verb

billingsgate (third-person singular simple present billingsgates, present participle billingsgating, simple past and past participle billingsgated)

  1. (transitive) To use profane, abusive language towards.
    • On the other hand, the Englishman has the satisfaction of Billingsgating to his heart's content the highest officials: they accept objurgation with spaniel fawning.1905, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 177, page 99

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Questions about billingsgated

What is billingsgated the simple past and past participle of?
Billingsgated is the simple past and past participle of billingsgate.

Words near billingsgated in the dictionary

  1. billingsellacean
  2. billingsellaceans
  3. billingsgate
  4. Billingsgate pheasant
  5. Billingsgate pheasants
  6. billingsgated
  7. billingsgates
  8. billingsgating
  9. Billingshurst
  10. Billingslea
  11. Billingsleas

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