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glipping

glipping is the present participle and gerund of glip.

Meaning of glip

Verb

glip (third-person singular simple present glips, present participle glipping, simple past and past participle glipped)

  1. (transitive) To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.
    • Received a DUC for developing and using a special (glip) bombing technique against enemy bridges in French Indochina.1961, Office of Air Force History, Air Force Combat Units of World War II, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 220

Questions about glipping

What is glipping the present participle and gerund of?
Glipping is the present participle and gerund of glip.

Words near glipping in the dictionary

  1. gliovascular
  2. glip
  3. glipalamide
  4. glipizide
  5. glipped
  6. glipping
  7. glips
  8. gliptin
  9. gliptins
  10. gliquidone
  11. gliran

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