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faffling

faffling is the present participle and gerund of faffle.

Meaning of faffle

Verb

faffle (third-person singular simple present faffles, present participle faffling, simple past and past participle faffled)

  1. To stammer or murmur.
  2. to flap, like a flag
    • From drooping at half-mast, his personal pennant was faffling away in a whole new wind.2007, Simon Leigh, Wild Women

Questions about faffling

What is faffling the present participle and gerund of?
Faffling is the present participle and gerund of faffle.

Words near faffling in the dictionary

  1. faffing about
  2. faffing around
  3. faffle
  4. faffled
  5. faffles
  6. faffling
  7. faffs
  8. faffs about
  9. faffs around
  10. faffy
  11. fafia

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