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grigging

grigging is the present participle and gerund of grig.

Meaning of grig

Verb

grig (third-person singular simple present grigs, present participle grigging, simple past and past participle grigged)

  1. (Ireland, US) To irritate or annoy.
    • Smell of grilled beefsteaks to the starving gnawing their vitals. Desire to grig people.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 6: Hades]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 104

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Questions about grigging

What is grigging the present participle and gerund of?
Grigging is the present participle and gerund of grig.

Words near grigging in the dictionary

  1. grifts
  2. grig
  3. Grigalashvili
  4. Grigg
  5. grigged
  6. grigging
  7. griggle
  8. griggled
  9. griggles
  10. griggling
  11. Griggs

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