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duelling

duelling is the present participle and gerund of duel.

duelling is the alternative spelling of dueling.

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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Meaning of dueling

Noun

dueling (plural duelings)

  1. The act of taking part in a duel.

Forms of duelling

Verb
alternative formdueling
Noun
pluralduellings

Words formed from duelling

Phrases with duelling

Questions about duelling

What is duelling the present participle and gerund of?
Duelling is the present participle and gerund of duel.

Words near duelling in the dictionary

  1. duelists
  2. duelled
  3. dueller
  4. duellers
  5. duelli
  6. duelling
  7. duelling pistol
  8. duelling pistols
  9. duellings
  10. duellist
  11. duellists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duelling (page history and authors); duel (page history and authors); dueling (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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