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dogsitting

dogsitting is the present participle and gerund of dogsit.

Meaning of dogsit

Verb

dogsit (third-person singular simple present dogsits, present participle dogsitting, simple past and past participle dogsat or (uncommon) dogsitted)

  1. To babysit for (take care of) a dog in its owner's absence.
    • Our new neighbor down the street asked me to ask you if you want to dogsit for her when she is on vacation?2003, Julia DeVillers, True teamwork

Questions about dogsitting

What is dogsitting the present participle and gerund of?
Dogsitting is the present participle and gerund of dogsit.

Words near dogsitting in the dictionary

  1. dogsit
  2. dogsits
  3. dogsitted
  4. dogsitter
  5. dogsitters
  6. dogsitting
  7. dogskin
  8. dogskins
  9. dogsled
  10. dogsled mail
  11. dogsledded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogsitting (page history and authors); dogsit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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