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flanneling

flanneling is the present participle and gerund of flannel.

Meaning of flannel

Verb

flannel (third-person singular simple present flannels, present participle (US) flanneling or (UK) flannelling, simple past and past participle (US) flanneled or (UK) flannelled)

  1. (transitive) To rub with a flannel.
  2. (transitive) To wrap in flannel.
  3. (transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.
  4. (slang, transitive) To waffle or prevaricate.
    • I got a little cross and asked him to stop flannelling and to tell me what was holding me back. Were my annual assessments below par? Was there something I had done – or not done?2016, J. F. Langer, From the Spitfire Cockpit to the Cabinet Office

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Questions about flanneling

What is flanneling the present participle and gerund of?
Flanneling is the present participle and gerund of flannel.

Words near flanneling in the dictionary

  1. flannelettes
  2. flannelflower
  3. flannelflowers
  4. flannelgraph
  5. flannelgraphs
  6. flanneling
  7. flannell
  8. flannelled
  9. flannelled fool
  10. flannelled fools
  11. flannellike

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