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frailing

frailing is the present participle and gerund of frail.

Meaning of frail

Verb

frail (third-person singular simple present frails, present participle frailing, simple past and past participle frailed)

  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

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Questions about frailing

What is frailing the present participle and gerund of?
Frailing is the present participle and gerund of frail.

Words near frailing in the dictionary

  1. frailer
  2. frailers
  3. frailest
  4. Frailey
  5. Fraileys
  6. frailing
  7. frailish
  8. frailly
  9. frailness
  10. frailnesses
  11. frailocracy

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