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boodying

boodying is the present participle and gerund of boody.

Meaning of boody

Verb

boody (third-person singular simple present boodies, present participle boodying, simple past and past participle boodied)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To sulk or mope.
    • […]he felt that he must be silent. 'Come,' said she—'don't boody with me: don't be angry because I speak out some home truths.'1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

Questions about boodying

What is boodying the present participle and gerund of?
Boodying is the present participle and gerund of boody.

Words near boodying in the dictionary

  1. boodling
  2. boodlings
  3. Boodram
  4. Boodrams
  5. boody
  6. boodying
  7. Booe
  8. booed
  9. booed up
  10. booer
  11. Booerie Creek

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boodying (page history and authors); boody (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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