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drooking

drooking is the present participle and gerund of drook.

Meaning of drook

Verb

drook (third-person singular simple present drooks, present participle drooking, simple past and past participle drooked)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To drench, to soak.
    • Ellen, when she came ashore, was as druckit as a water-wagtail. We had no time to think o' these matters, though. On we behoved to tramp, and we got all to the Duke's quarters about two in the morning. But, […]1823, John Gibson Lockhart, Reginald Dalton, page 243

Questions about drooking

What is drooking the present participle and gerund of?
Drooking is the present participle and gerund of drook.

Words near drooking in the dictionary

  1. droog
  2. droogish
  3. droogs
  4. drook
  5. drooked
  6. drooking
  7. drooks
  8. drool
  9. drool bucket
  10. drool buckets
  11. drool-proof

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