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daggerings

daggerings is the plural of daggering.

Meaning of daggering

Noun

daggering (countable and uncountable, plural daggerings)

  1. A stab from, or as if from, a dagger.
  2. A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancers simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
    • She also submitted herself to daggering, the shameless, controversial dancehall dance maneuver that involves rapid-fire pelvic thrusts.2009 September 7, Jon Caramanica, “A Dose of Raunch on a Night of Stars, Shtick and Slapstick”, in New York Times

Questions about daggerings

What is daggerings the plural of?
Daggerings is the plural of daggering.

Words near daggerings in the dictionary

  1. daggerblades
  2. daggerboard
  3. daggerboards
  4. daggered
  5. daggering
  6. daggerings
  7. daggerless
  8. daggerlike
  9. daggerman
  10. daggermen
  11. daggerpoint

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