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eating the onion

eating the onion is the present participle and gerund of eat the onion.

Meaning of eat the onion

Verb

eat the onion (third-person singular simple present eats the onion, present participle eating the onion, simple past ate the onion, past participle eaten the onion)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, the, onion.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To be fooled by a work of satire, particularly in the satirical newspaper The Onion.
    • No, the original plan for Chicago's street layout was not scribbled on the back of a napkin by an ancestor of Roger Ebert; you just ate the onion.

Questions about eating the onion

What is eating the onion the present participle and gerund of?
Eating the onion is the present participle and gerund of eat the onion.

Words near eating the onion in the dictionary

  1. eating something up with a spoon
  2. eating the baby
  3. eating the bread of idleness
  4. eating the leek
  5. eating the mic
  6. eating the onion
  7. eating the seed corn
  8. eating twat
  9. eating up
  10. eating up with a spoon
  11. eating, breathing, and sleeping

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