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gimbling

gimbling is the present participle and gerund of gimble.

Meaning of gimble

Verb

gimble (third-person singular simple present gimbles, present participle gimbling, simple past and past participle gimbled)

  1. (East-Anglia) To grin or smile.
    • GIMBLE, v. to grin or smile. Though the g in this word is hard […] ][1830, Robert Forby, The Vocabulary of East Angliahttps://archive.org/details/vocabularyeasta06forbgoog, vol. II, p. 131

Questions about gimbling

What is gimbling the present participle and gerund of?
Gimbling is the present participle and gerund of gimble.

Words near gimbling in the dictionary

  1. gimbleted
  2. gimbleting
  3. gimblets
  4. gimblett
  5. gimbletts
  6. gimbling
  7. gimboid
  8. gimboids
  9. gimbri
  10. gimbris
  11. gimchee

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