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canking

canking is the present participle of cank.

Meaning of cank

Verb

cank (third-person singular simple present canks, present participle canking, simple past and past participle canked)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To gossip, prate, chatter.
    • He said that what he had told me wasn't meant to be repeated again, and I ought not to have gone canking it about, especially to the Rymers theirselves^([sic]); […]1880, Ellen Wood, Johnny Ludlow, volume 1, page 67
  2. (UK, dialectal) To talk rapidly; gabble.
  3. (UK, dialectal) To cackle, as geese.

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Questions about canking

What is canking the present participle of?
Canking is the present participle of cank.

Words near canking in the dictionary

  1. cankerworms
  2. cankerwort
  3. cankerworts
  4. cankery
  5. cankin
  6. canking
  7. cankins
  8. cankle
  9. cankles
  10. Canklow
  11. cankred

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