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gowling

gowling is the present participle and gerund of gowl.

Meaning of gowl

Verb

gowl (third-person singular simple present gowls, present participle gowling, simple past and past participle gowled)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To weep angrily; to howl.

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Questions about gowling

What is gowling the present participle and gerund of?
Gowling is the present participle and gerund of gowl.

Words near gowling in the dictionary

  1. gowlare
  2. gowlares
  3. gowled
  4. Gowler
  5. gowli
  6. gowling
  7. gowlis
  8. gowls
  9. gown
  10. gownboy
  11. gownboys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gowling (page history and authors); gowl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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