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deblousing

deblousing is the present participle and gerund of deblouse.

Meaning of deblouse

Verb

deblouse (third-person singular simple present deblouses, present participle deblousing, simple past and past participle debloused)

  1. To untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
    • Everybody had debloused their pants long ago to get air circulating.2013, Sean M. Maloney, Fighting for Afghanistan: A Rogue Historian at War, →ISBN
  2. To remove the blouse from.
    • Rarely has a sexploitation flick managed to have it both ways: IMPROPER CONDUCT criticizes male-dominated power plays while offering viewers a voyeuristic peep at white-collar types abusing their power to deblouse their underlings.1994, James Pallot, The Motion Picture Guide 1995 Annual: The Films of 1994, →ISBN, page 177

Questions about deblousing

What is deblousing the present participle and gerund of?
Deblousing is the present participle and gerund of deblouse.

Words near deblousing in the dictionary

  1. deblockings
  2. deblocks
  3. deblouse
  4. debloused
  5. deblouses
  6. deblousing
  7. deblur
  8. deblurred
  9. deblurring
  10. deblurs
  11. Debney

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