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dueling

dueling is the present participle and gerund of duel.

Meaning of duel

Verb

duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (US) dueling or (UK) duelling, simple past and past participle (US) dueled or (UK) duelled)

  1. To engage in a battle.
    • The two dogs were duelling for the bone.

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Noun

dueling (plural duelings)

  1. The act of taking part in a duel.

Forms of dueling

Verb
alternative formduelling
Noun
pluralduelings

Phrases with dueling

Questions about dueling

What does dueling mean?
Dueling means the act of taking part in a duel.
What is dueling the present participle and gerund of?
Dueling is the present participle and gerund of duel.
What part of speech is dueling?
Dueling is a noun.
What is the plural of dueling?
The plural of dueling is duelings.

Words near dueling in the dictionary

  1. Dueitts
  2. duel
  3. dueled
  4. dueler
  5. duelers
  6. dueling
  7. dueling banjos
  8. dueling pistol
  9. dueling pistols
  10. dueling tree
  11. dueling trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dueling (page history and authors); duel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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