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clicketing

clicketing is the present participle and gerund of clicket.

Meaning of clicket

Verb

clicket (third-person singular simple present clickets, present participle clicketing, simple past and past participle clicketed)

  1. (intransitive) To be in oestrus; to copulate.
    • The sound of the clicketting foxes was unmistakable.

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Questions about clicketing

What is clicketing the present participle and gerund of?
Clicketing is the present participle and gerund of clicket.

Words near clicketing in the dictionary

  1. clickers
  2. clickership
  3. clickerships
  4. clicket
  5. clicketed
  6. clicketing
  7. clickets
  8. clicketted
  9. clicketting
  10. clicketty-clack
  11. clicketty-clacks

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