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chimneying

chimneying is the present participle and gerund of chimney.

Meaning of chimney

Verb

chimney (third-person singular simple present chimneys, present participle chimneying, simple past and past participle chimneyed)

  1. To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

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Questions about chimneying

What is chimneying the present participle and gerund of?
Chimneying is the present participle and gerund of chimney.

Words near chimneying in the dictionary

  1. chimneyed
  2. chimneyful
  3. chimneyfuls
  4. chimneyhead
  5. chimneyheads
  6. chimneying
  7. chimneyless
  8. chimneylike
  9. chimneyman
  10. chimneymen
  11. chimneypiece

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chimneying (page history and authors); chimney (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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