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doorknocking

doorknocking is the present participle and gerund of doorknock.

Meaning of doorknock

Verb

doorknock (third-person singular simple present doorknocks, present participle doorknocking, simple past and past participle doorknocked)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign.
    • During the doorknocking local residents had talked about other issues.1979, Fatma Dharamsi, et al., Harlesden Community Project, Community Work And Caring For Children: A Community Project In An Inner City Local Authority, page 440

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Questions about doorknocking

What is doorknocking the present participle and gerund of?
Doorknocking is the present participle and gerund of doorknock.

Words near doorknocking in the dictionary

  1. doorknobs
  2. doorknock
  3. doorknocked
  4. doorknocker
  5. doorknockers
  6. doorknocking
  7. doorknocks
  8. doorlatch
  9. doorlatches
  10. doorleaf
  11. doorleafs

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