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frobnicating

frobnicating is the present participle and gerund of frobnicate.

Meaning of frobnicate

Verb

frobnicate (third-person singular simple present frobnicates, present participle frobnicating, simple past and past participle frobnicated)

  1. (rare, slang, transitive) Synonym of frob (“manipulate in some ill-defined way; tweak”).
    Synonyms:
    frob

Questions about frobnicating

What is frobnicating the present participle and gerund of?
Frobnicating is the present participle and gerund of frobnicate.

Words near frobnicating in the dictionary

  1. Frobisher
  2. Frobisher Bay
  3. frobnicate
  4. frobnicated
  5. frobnicates
  6. frobnicating
  7. frobnitz
  8. frobnitzes
  9. frobs
  10. Frocester
  11. frock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frobnicating (page history and authors); frobnicate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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