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good-nighting

good-nighting is the present participle of good-night.

Meaning of good-night

Verb

good-night (third-person singular simple present good-nights, present participle good-nighting, simple past and past participle good-nighted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To utter the farewell “good night” to (somebody).
    • And he didn’t say another word until he good-nighted at the gate.1920, Interlude, page 40

Questions about good-nighting

What is good-nighting the present participle of?
Good-nighting is the present participle of good-night.

Words near good-nighting in the dictionary

  1. good-neighborliness
  2. good-neighbourliness
  3. good-neighbourly
  4. good-night
  5. good-nighted
  6. good-nighting
  7. good-nights
  8. good-o
  9. good-size
  10. good-sized
  11. good-tempered

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