daggling
daggling is the present participle and gerund of daggle.
Meaning of daggle
Verb
daggle (third-person singular simple present daggles, present participle daggling, simple past and past participle daggled)
- To drag or trail through water, mud, or slush
- I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 218–221
- Synonyms:
- draggle
- To trail, so as to make wet or muddy.
- The warrior's very plume, I say, / Was daggled by the dashing spray.1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co....
- To dangle or wag.
Questions about daggling
- What is daggling the present participle and gerund of?
- Daggling is the present participle and gerund of daggle.
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