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bumbaste

/ˌbəmˈbeɪst/

bumbaste verb: to beat or spank.

Verb

bumbaste (third-person singular simple present bumbastes, present participle bumbasting, simple past and past participle bumbasted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To beat or spank.

Forms of bumbaste

third-person singular presentbumbastes
present participlebumbasting
past participlebumbasted
pastbumbasted

Origin of bumbaste

Compound of bum + baste.

Words that rhyme with bumbaste

23 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about bumbaste

What does bumbaste mean?
Bumbaste means to beat or spank.
What part of speech is bumbaste?
Bumbaste is a verb.
How do you pronounce bumbaste?
Bumbaste is pronounced /ˌbəmˈbeɪst/.
What is the past tense of bumbaste?
The past tense of bumbaste is bumbasted.

Words near bumbaste in the dictionary

  1. Bumbarger
  2. Bumbargers
  3. bumbarrel
  4. bumbarrels
  5. bumbast
  6. bumbaste
  7. bumbasted
  8. bumbastes
  9. bumbastic
  10. bumbastical
  11. bumbasting

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