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boosing

boosing is the present participle and gerund of boose.

Meaning of boose

Noun

boose (plural booses)

  1. (dialectal) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
    • It especially used of the sweepings of cows' booses; and this leads me to remark that it is in the language connected with the farm that some of our good old English monosyllables are to be traced.1854 July 15, Notes and Queries, number 246, page 50

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Questions about boosing

What is boosing the present participle and gerund of?
Boosing is the present participle and gerund of boose.

Words near boosing in the dictionary

  1. boosie
  2. Boosie Fade
  3. boosier
  4. boosies
  5. boosiest
  6. boosing
  7. boost
  8. boost pad
  9. boost pads
  10. boostability
  11. boostable

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