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darlinging

darlinging is the present participle and gerund of darling.

Meaning of darling

Verb

darling (third-person singular simple present darlings, present participle darlinging, simple past and past participle darlinged)

  1. (informal, transitive) To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1).
    • The frisky female, we have noticed, has one most unpleasant trick; it is that of darlinging and duckeying and otherwise spooneying her husband … in public. He is invariably, invariably set down as an ass, without its being in the least his fault.1870, Hugh Rowley, chapter XVIII, in Gamosagammon; or, Hints on Hymen. […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 139

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Questions about darlinging

What is darlinging the present participle and gerund of?
Darlinging is the present participle and gerund of darling.

Words near darlinging in the dictionary

  1. darlinged
  2. darlinger
  3. darlingest
  4. darlinghood
  5. Darlinghurst
  6. darlinging
  7. darlingly
  8. darlingness
  9. darlingnesses
  10. darlings
  11. Darlington

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