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cursing like a sailor

cursing like a sailor is the present participle and gerund of curse like a sailor.

Meaning of curse like a sailor

Verb

curse like a sailor (third-person singular simple present curses like a sailor, present participle cursing like a sailor, simple past and past participle cursed like a sailor)

  1. (simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Questions about cursing like a sailor

What is cursing like a sailor the present participle and gerund of?
Cursing like a sailor is the present participle and gerund of curse like a sailor.

Words near cursing like a sailor in the dictionary

  1. curship
  2. cursi
  3. cursin'
  4. cursing
  5. cursing like a pagan
  6. cursing like a sailor
  7. cursing like a trooper
  8. cursing out
  9. cursingly
  10. cursings
  11. cursitating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cursing like a sailor (page history and authors); curse like a sailor (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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