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flobbing

flobbing is the present participle and gerund of flob.

Meaning of flob

Verb (1)

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

  1. (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
    • Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Verb (2)

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

  1. To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.

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Questions about flobbing

What is flobbing the present participle and gerund of?
Flobbing is the present participle and gerund of flob.

Words near flobbing in the dictionary

  1. flobbergrasted
  2. flobbergrasting
  3. flobbergrasts
  4. flobbering
  5. flobbers
  6. flobbing
  7. flobby
  8. Flobert
  9. Floberts
  10. flobs
  11. floc

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