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gannin

gannin is the present participle of gan.

Meaning of gan

Verb

gan (third-person singular simple present gans, present participle gawn or gannin, simple past went, past participle gane)

  1. (North, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To go.
    • The one problem I had here was my broad Geordie accent which the teachers tried their hardest to make me lose. I couldn't understand their problem with it because I could understand myself. Whenever I told them, "Am gannin yem", they would say, "No, Christopher. It's not "am gannin yem", it's "I am...2011, Chris Dockerty, Ramblings of a Geordie

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Questions about gannin

What is gannin the present participle of?
Gannin is the present participle of gan.

Words near gannin in the dictionary

  1. gannetry
  2. gannets
  3. gannets' bath
  4. Gannett
  5. Gannett Peak
  6. gannin
  7. gannister
  8. gannisters
  9. Gannon
  10. gannow
  11. gannows

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