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billingsgating

billingsgating is the present participle and gerund 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 billingsgating

What is billingsgating the present participle and gerund of?
Billingsgating is the present participle and gerund of billingsgate.

Words near billingsgating in the dictionary

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

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