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fistling

fistling is the present participle and gerund of fistle.

Meaning of fistle

Verb

fistle (third-person singular simple present fistles, present participle fistling, simple past and past participle fistled)

  1. To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
    • […] they both plainly heard a fistling within.1828, Mansie Wauch, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 200

Questions about fistling

What is fistling the present participle and gerund of?
Fistling is the present participle and gerund of fistle.

Words near fistling in the dictionary

  1. fistinuts
  2. fistle
  3. fistled
  4. fistles
  5. fistlike
  6. fistling
  7. fistmele
  8. fistmeles
  9. fistnote
  10. fistnotes
  11. fists

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