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dassing

dassing is the present participle and gerund of dass.

Meaning of dass

Verb

dass (third-person singular simple present dasses, present participle dassing, simple past and past participle dassed)

  1. (archaic) To dare.
    • We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.1890, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Timothy's Quest, page 58

Questions about dassing

What is dassing the present participle and gerund of?
Dassing is the present participle and gerund of dass.

Words near dassing in the dictionary

  1. dassie rat
  2. dassie rats
  3. dassiepis
  4. dassies
  5. Dassin
  6. dassing
  7. Dassins
  8. dassit
  9. dassn't
  10. Dassora
  11. Dassow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dassing (page history and authors); dass (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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