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froshing

froshing is the present participle and gerund of frosh.

Meaning of frosh

Verb

frosh (third-person singular simple present froshes, present participle froshing, simple past and past participle froshed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
    • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
    Synonyms:
    haze
  2. (slang, transitive) To damage through incompetence.
    • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

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Questions about froshing

What is froshing the present participle and gerund of?
Froshing is the present participle and gerund of frosh.

Words near froshing in the dictionary

  1. frosh week
  2. frosh weeks
  3. Froshaug
  4. froshed
  5. froshes
  6. froshing
  7. Frosinone
  8. frosk
  9. frosks
  10. frost
  11. frost beard

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