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doddling

doddling is the present participle and gerund of doddle.

Meaning of doddle

Verb

doddle (third-person singular simple present doddles, present participle doddling, simple past and past participle doddled)

  1. To dodder.
    • […] a doddling old grandfather to act as sheep-dog, as a toothless, barkless, harmless guardian.1874, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, My Time, and what I've Done with it: An Autobiography, page 369

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Questions about doddling

What is doddling the present participle and gerund of?
Doddling is the present participle and gerund of doddle.

Words near doddling in the dictionary

  1. Doddington and District
  2. Doddington and Whisby
  3. doddle
  4. doddled
  5. doddles
  6. doddling
  7. Doddridge
  8. Doddridge County
  9. Doddridges
  10. dodds
  11. doddy

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