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fickling

fickling is the present participle and gerund of fickle.

Meaning of fickle

Verb

fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)

  1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

See all 5 meanings of fickle

Proper noun capitalized: Fickling

Fickling (plural Ficklings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of fickling

pluralFicklings

Questions about fickling

What does fickling mean?
Fickling means a surname.
What is fickling the present participle and gerund of?
Fickling is the present participle and gerund of fickle.
What part of speech is fickling?
Fickling is a proper noun.

Words near fickling in the dictionary

  1. ficklesome
  2. ficklest
  3. fickleties
  4. ficklety
  5. Ficklin
  6. fickling
  7. Ficklings
  8. Ficklins
  9. fickly
  10. ficlet
  11. ficlets

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