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flypapering

flypapering is the present participle and gerund of flypaper.

Meaning of flypaper

Verb

flypaper (third-person singular simple present flypapers, present participle flypapering, simple past and past participle flypapered)

  1. To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
    • He gets flypapered by a task that should be turned over to a subordinate.1967, Auren Uris, Keeping young in business, page 134

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Questions about flypapering

What is flypapering the present participle and gerund of?
Flypapering is the present participle and gerund of flypaper.

Words near flypapering in the dictionary

  1. flyover states
  2. flyovers
  3. flypaper
  4. flypaper theory
  5. flypapered
  6. flypapering
  7. flypapers
  8. flypast
  9. flypasts
  10. flype
  11. flyped

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