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clichéing

clichéing is the present participle and gerund of cliché.

Meaning of cliché

Verb

cliché (third-person singular simple present clichés, present participle clichéing, simple past and past participle clichéd or (rare) clichéed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.
    • He clichéd at me. He clichéd at me in a perky, condescending tone.2015, Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

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Questions about clichéing

What is clichéing the present participle and gerund of?
Clichéing is the present participle and gerund of cliché.

Words near clichéing in the dictionary

  1. cliché-verre
  2. clichéd
  3. clichédly
  4. clichédness
  5. clichéed
  6. clichéing
  7. clichély
  8. clichés
  9. click
  10. click and collect
  11. click bait

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clichéing (page history and authors); cliché (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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