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dreeping

dreeping is the present participle and gerund of dreep.

Meaning of dreep

Verb

dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)

  1. (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
    • If ye could not do the next jump ye just dreeped down and ran along the ground and up the next one.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 77

Questions about dreeping

What is dreeping the present participle and gerund of?
Dreeping is the present participle and gerund of dreep.

Words near dreeping in the dictionary

  1. dreely
  2. dreen
  3. dreens
  4. dreep
  5. dreeped
  6. dreeping
  7. dreeps
  8. dreer
  9. drees
  10. Dreeses
  11. dreest

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