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dreadlocking

dreadlocking is the present participle and gerund of dreadlock.

Meaning of dreadlock

Verb

dreadlock (third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked)

  1. (transitive) To put (hair) into dreadlocks.
    • I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 86
    Synonyms:
    dread

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Questions about dreadlocking

What is dreadlocking the present participle and gerund of?
Dreadlocking is the present participle and gerund of dreadlock.

Words near dreadlocking in the dictionary

  1. dreadless
  2. dreadlessly
  3. dreadlessness
  4. dreadlock
  5. dreadlocked
  6. dreadlocking
  7. dreadlocks
  8. dreadly
  9. dreadmill
  10. dreadmills
  11. dreadnaught

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