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dirking

dirking is the present participle and gerund of dirk.

Meaning of dirk

Verb (1)

dirk (third-person singular simple present dirks, present participle dirking, simple past and past participle dirked)

  1. To stab with a dirk.
    • Roland Graeme has dirked Adam Woodstock — that is all.” ¶ “Good Heaven!” said the Lady, turning pale as ashes, “is the man slain?”1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2014, Chapter the Fourth

Verb (2)

dirk (third-person singular simple present dirks, present participle dirking, simple past and past participle dirked)

  1. (obsolete) To darken.
    • Thy wast bignes but combers the grownd, / And dirks the beauty of my blossomes rownd.1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, page 34

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Questions about dirking

What is dirking the present participle and gerund of?
Dirking is the present participle and gerund of dirk.

Words near dirking in the dictionary

  1. dirkas
  2. dirke
  3. dirked
  4. dirkes
  5. Dirkeses
  6. dirking
  7. dirks
  8. Dirksen
  9. Dirksens
  10. Dirleton
  11. Dirlewanger

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