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gloving up

gloving up is the present participle and gerund of glove up.

Meaning of glove up

Verb

glove up (third-person singular simple present gloves up, present participle gloving up, simple past and past participle gloved up)

  1. (intransitive) To don a pair of (e.g. surgical) gloves.

Questions about gloving up

What is gloving up the present participle and gerund of?
Gloving up is the present participle and gerund of glove up.

Words near gloving up in the dictionary

  1. glovework
  2. glovewort
  3. glovey
  4. gloveys
  5. gloving
  6. gloving up
  7. glovings
  8. Glovsky
  9. Glovskys
  10. glow
  11. glow discharge

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