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cagging

cagging is the present participle and gerund of cag.

Meaning of cag

Verb

cag (third-person singular simple present cags, present participle cagging, simple past and past participle cagged)

  1. (dialectal, slang, transitive) To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
    • If a little petulance be discovered in SPRING's printed reply, perhaps it was cagged out of him by the very unceremonious manner of approach adopted by Langan and Reynolds […]1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 344
  2. (dialectal, slang, transitive) To chatter, gossip.

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Questions about cagging

What is cagging the present participle and gerund of?
Cagging is the present participle and gerund of cag.

Words near cagging in the dictionary

  1. cagey
  2. cageyness
  3. cagged
  4. Caggiano
  5. Caggianos
  6. cagging
  7. Cagiano
  8. cagier
  9. cagiest
  10. cagily
  11. caginess

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