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branking

branking is the present participle and gerund of brank.

Meaning of brank

Verb

brank (third-person singular simple present branks, present participle branking, simple past and past participle branked)

  1. To put someone in the branks.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
  3. (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
    • Donald came branking down the brae
      Wi' twenty thousand men.1811, Anne MacVicar Grant, Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland

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Questions about branking

What is branking the present participle and gerund of?
Branking is the present participle and gerund of brank.

Words near branking in the dictionary

  1. Branislau
  2. Braniștea
  3. brank
  4. brank new
  5. branked
  6. branking
  7. branks
  8. Branksome
  9. Brankston
  10. brankursine
  11. branky

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