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deadpooling

deadpooling is the present participle and gerund of deadpool.

Meaning of deadpool

Verb

deadpool (third-person singular simple present deadpools, present participle deadpooling, simple past and past participle deadpooled)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.
    • After burning through $10.5 million in capital that was raised over the three years of its operation, and unable to generate enough revenue to keep the website afloat, the company began looking for a new buyer. Judy's Book was deadpooled in October 2007.[2011?], “Judy's Book”, in The Social Networking Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about Social Networking, [United States?]: [Tebbo], →ISBN, page 633

Questions about deadpooling

What is deadpooling the present participle and gerund of?
Deadpooling is the present participle and gerund of deadpool.

Words near deadpooling in the dictionary

  1. deadpanness
  2. deadpanning
  3. deadpans
  4. deadpool
  5. deadpooled
  6. deadpooling
  7. deadpools
  8. deadringer
  9. deadringers
  10. deadrise
  11. deadrises

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