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dingolaying

dingolaying is the present participle and gerund of dingolay.

Meaning of dingolay

Verb

dingolay (third-person singular simple present dingolays, present participle dingolaying, simple past and past participle dingolayed)

  1. (Caribbean, intransitive) To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.
    • Believe me, friends, if I were King / I'd marry any woman and give her a ring, / I wouldn't give a damn what the people say / So long as she can wash, cook, and dingolay. [Commenting on the abdication of Edward VIII.]1937, Arnold Gingrich, editor, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 8, Chicago, Ill.: Esquire, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 109; also quoted in Catherine A. Sunshine, “Caribbean Unity, the Frustrated...

Questions about dingolaying

What is dingolaying the present participle and gerund of?
Dingolaying is the present participle and gerund of dingolay.

Words near dingolaying in the dictionary

  1. dingoed
  2. dingoes
  3. dingoing
  4. dingolay
  5. dingolayed
  6. dingolaying
  7. dingolays
  8. dingonek
  9. dingoneks
  10. dingos
  11. Dingras

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