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brandishings

brandishings is the plural of brandishing.

Meaning of brandishing

Noun

brandishing (plural brandishings)

  1. The action of the verb to brandish.
    • He stands there and launches into a tauparapara or traditional chant, accompanied by vigorous actions and defiant brandishings of his stick.1989, Richard Bauman, Joel Sherzer, Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking, page 195

Questions about brandishings

What is brandishings the plural of?
Brandishings is the plural of brandishing.

Words near brandishings in the dictionary

  1. brandishers
  2. brandishes
  3. brandishest
  4. brandisheth
  5. brandishing
  6. brandishings
  7. brandishment
  8. brandisht
  9. brandistock
  10. brandistocks
  11. brandjacking

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