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bombinating

bombinating is the present participle and gerund of bombinate.

Meaning of bombinate

Verb

bombinate (third-person singular simple present bombinates, present participle bombinating, simple past and past participle bombinated)

  1. to buzz or hum; to speak idly, vacuously, or to little effect.
    • None of this multitude of thinkers and their satellites brought his thoughts into really conclusive contact with the others. To do it would have been to discover much practical identity and so lose distinction. After their fashion, each bombinated abundantly with only the slightest regard to other...1941, H.G. Wells, You Can't be Too Careful: A Sample of Life 1901-1951, London: Secker & Warburg, page 284

Questions about bombinating

What is bombinating the present participle and gerund of?
Bombinating is the present participle and gerund of bombinate.

Words near bombinating in the dictionary

  1. bombillas
  2. bombils
  3. bombinate
  4. bombinated
  5. bombinates
  6. bombinating
  7. bombination
  8. bombinations
  9. bombinator
  10. bombinator toad
  11. bombinator toads

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