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dandering

dandering is the present participle and gerund of dander.

Meaning of dander

Verb

dander (third-person singular simple present danders, present participle dandering, simple past and past participle dandered)

  1. To wander about.
    • So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[[Episode 16]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
  2. To maunder, to talk incoherently.

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Questions about dandering

What is dandering the present participle and gerund of?
Dandering is the present participle and gerund of dander.

Words near dandering in the dictionary

  1. dander
  2. dandere
  3. dandered
  4. danderer
  5. danderers
  6. dandering
  7. danders
  8. dandi
  9. dandiacal
  10. dandiacally
  11. dandical

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