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fleecing

fleecing is the present participle and gerund of fleece.

Meaning of fleece

Verb

fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)

  1. (informal, transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
    • There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020
    Synonyms:
    swindle
  2. (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
    • During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
    Synonyms:
    shear
  3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

See all 10 meanings of fleece

Noun

fleecing (plural fleecings)

  1. A confidence trick.

Forms of fleecing

pluralfleecings

Questions about fleecing

What does fleecing mean?
Fleecing means a confidence trick.
What is fleecing the present participle and gerund of?
Fleecing is the present participle and gerund of fleece.
What part of speech is fleecing?
Fleecing is a noun.
What is the plural of fleecing?
The plural of fleecing is fleecings.

Words near fleecing in the dictionary

  1. fleechment
  2. fleecier
  3. fleeciest
  4. fleecily
  5. fleeciness
  6. fleecing
  7. fleecings
  8. fleecy
  9. fleed
  10. Fleeger
  11. Fleegers

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