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criticking

criticking is the present participle and gerund of critic.

Meaning of critic

Verb

critic (third-person singular simple present critics, present participle criticking, simple past and past participle criticked)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To criticise.
    • Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority

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Questions about criticking

What is criticking the present participle and gerund of?
Criticking is the present participle and gerund of critic.

Words near criticking in the dictionary

  1. criticizing
  2. criticizingly
  3. critick
  4. criticked
  5. critickin
  6. criticking
  7. critickins
  8. criticks
  9. criticoid
  10. criticoids
  11. criticproof

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