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duking

duking is the present participle and gerund of duke.

Meaning of duke

Verb

duke (third-person singular simple present dukes, present participle duking, simple past and past participle duked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To hit or beat with the fists.
    • It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife […].2003, John A. Dinan, Private Eyes in the Comics, →ISBN, page 65
  2. (slang, transitive) To give cash to; to give a tip to.
    • I duked him twenty dollars.
    Synonyms:
    tip
  3. To perform the duties of, or rule over as, a duke.

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Phrases with duking

Questions about duking

What is duking the present participle and gerund of?
Duking is the present participle and gerund of duke.

Words near duking in the dictionary

  1. Dukhobor
  2. Dukhobors
  3. Dukhobortsy
  4. dukicide
  5. Dukinfield
  6. duking
  7. duking in
  8. duking it out
  9. duking out
  10. duking up
  11. dukkah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duking (page history and authors); duke (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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