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deckhanding

deckhanding is the present participle and gerund of deckhand.

Meaning of deckhand

Verb

deckhand (third-person singular simple present deckhands, present participle deckhanding, simple past and past participle deckhanded)

  1. (intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
    • You deckhand for Old Sam in the summer, you guide climbers up the Big Bump in the spring, you can skin a Cat, mine for gold, butcher a moose, fix an engine.1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN

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Questions about deckhanding

What is deckhanding the present participle and gerund of?
Deckhanding is the present participle and gerund of deckhand.

Words near deckhanding in the dictionary

  1. decketh
  2. deckful
  3. deckfuls
  4. deckhand
  5. deckhanded
  6. deckhanding
  7. deckhands
  8. deckhead
  9. deckheads
  10. deckhouse
  11. deckhouses

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