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buying wolf tickets

buying wolf tickets is the present participle and gerund of buy wolf tickets.

Meaning of buy wolf tickets

Verb

buy wolf tickets (third-person singular simple present buys wolf tickets, present participle buying wolf tickets, simple past and past participle bought wolf tickets)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
    • Dicky bought Terry's wolf tickets by responding with his own barbs and counterchallenges. "A'right, Mr. Motherfucker! I'm buying yo' wolf tickets! Now show me somethin', since you so big and bad," said Dicky […]2003, Elijah Anderson, A Place on the Corner, second, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about buying wolf tickets

What is buying wolf tickets the present participle and gerund of?
Buying wolf tickets is the present participle and gerund of buy wolf tickets.

Words near buying wolf tickets in the dictionary

  1. buying the rumor
  2. buying time
  3. buying to let
  4. buying up
  5. buying with one's ears
  6. buying wolf tickets
  7. buyings
  8. buyo
  9. buyoff
  10. buyoffs
  11. Buyon

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