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bovvering

bovvering is the present participle and gerund of bovver.

Meaning of bovver

Noun

bovver (countable and uncountable, plural bovvers)

  1. (UK, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
    • In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason other than the sheer thrill of it.1976, Freda Adler, Herbert Marcus Adler, Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal, page 100

Questions about bovvering

What is bovvering the present participle and gerund of?
Bovvering is the present participle and gerund of bovver.

Words near bovvering in the dictionary

  1. bovver boy
  2. bovver boys
  3. bovver girl
  4. bovver girls
  5. bovvered
  6. bovvering
  7. bovvers
  8. bow
  9. bow and arrow
  10. bow and scrape
  11. bow ball

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