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caboshing

caboshing is the present participle and gerund of cabosh.

Meaning of cabosh

Verb

cabosh (third-person singular simple present caboshes, present participle caboshing, simple past and past participle caboshed)

  1. To put the cabosh on.
    • On the other hand, however, it is my sincere hope that pipers as a community backed by the Scottish Pipers' Association, will do their utmost to cabosh any such project.1948, Piping Times - Volumes 1-4, page 11

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Questions about caboshing

What is caboshing the present participle and gerund of?
Caboshing is the present participle and gerund of cabosh.

Words near caboshing in the dictionary

  1. caboosen
  2. cabooses
  3. cabosh
  4. caboshed
  5. caboshes
  6. caboshing
  7. cabossed
  8. cabosside
  9. cabossides
  10. Cabot
  11. Cabot Cove syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caboshing (page history and authors); cabosh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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