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dawting

dawting is the present participle and gerund of dawt.

Meaning of dawt

Verb

dawt (third-person singular simple present dawts, present participle dawting, simple past and past participle dawted)

  1. (Scotland) To fondle or caress.
    • To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me.1788 [1886], Robert Burns, “To Dawt on Me”, in The Complete Works of Robert Burns, volume 2, Kessinger, published 2004, page 163
    Synonyms:
    faddle, grope, pettle, tiddle

Questions about dawting

What is dawting the present participle and gerund of?
Dawting is the present participle and gerund of dawt.

Words near dawting in the dictionary

  1. dawsonites
  2. Dawsons
  3. Dawsonville
  4. dawt
  5. dawted
  6. dawting
  7. dawts
  8. Dawu
  9. Dawud
  10. Dawukou
  11. Dax

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