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chicken-necking

chicken-necking is the present participle and gerund of chicken-neck.

Meaning of chicken-neck

Verb

chicken-neck (third-person singular simple present chicken-necks, present participle chicken-necking, simple past and past participle chicken-necked)

  1. To catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.
    • There are many other ways of catching crabs, including chicken-necking (a sure sign of a come-here), and traps or pots.1997, William H. Turner, Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy, page 189

Questions about chicken-necking

What is chicken-necking the present participle and gerund of?
Chicken-necking is the present participle and gerund of chicken-neck.

Words near chicken-necking in the dictionary

  1. chicken-in-a-basket circuit
  2. chicken-liver
  3. chicken-livered
  4. chicken-neck
  5. chicken-necked
  6. chicken-necking
  7. chicken-necks
  8. chicken-or-egg question
  9. chicken-or-egg questions
  10. chicken-pox
  11. chicken-shit

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