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dolloping

dolloping is the present participle and gerund of dollop.

Meaning of dollop

Verb

dollop (third-person singular simple present dollops, present participle dolloping, simple past and past participle dolloped)

  1. (transitive) To apply haphazardly in generous lumps or scoops.
    • She dolloped a generous quantity of mustard on her hot dog.
  2. (ambitransitive) To dole out in a considerable quantity; to drip in a viscous form.
    • [P]eas are, when in season, the article most frequently "dolloped," especially since such large quantities have been sent to market, from distant places, by the railways, as they heat very much, and the shell decomposing, becomes a bad colour, and unfits the article for the regular market in a very...[1858?], “Felix Folio” [pseudonym; John Page], “And Last”, in The Hawkers and Street Dealers of the North of England Manufacturing Districts; … Being Some Account of Their Dealings, Dodgings, and...

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Questions about dolloping

What is dolloping the present participle and gerund of?
Dolloping is the present participle and gerund of dollop.

Words near dolloping in the dictionary

  1. Dollo's law
  2. Dolloff
  3. Dolloffs
  4. dollop
  5. dolloped
  6. dolloping
  7. dollops
  8. dollopy
  9. dolls
  10. Dolls Point
  11. dolls up

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