chesting
/ˈt͡ʃɛstɪŋ/
chesting is the present participle and gerund of chest.
Meaning of chest
Verb
chest (third-person singular simple present chests, present participle chesting, simple past and past participle chested)
- To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC
- To deposit in a chest.
- To place in a coffin.
- To handle, deal with.
- Children being loud and annoying in public is a small price to pay for living and participating in society. Everyone goes through this cycle and you too were once that child. We can’t just lock them indoors. Chest it, sorry.2025 August 2, @ulxma, X
Phrases with chesting
Questions about chesting
- What is chesting the present participle and gerund of?
- Chesting is the present participle and gerund of chest.
- How do you pronounce chesting?
- Chesting is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪŋ/.
Words near chesting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chesting (page history and authors); chest (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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