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grubbling

grubbling is the present participle and gerund of grubble.

Meaning of grubble

Verb

grubble (third-person singular simple present grubbles, present participle grubbling, simple past and past participle grubbled)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To feel or grope in the dark.
    • When all depart, when Complements are loud, / Be sure to mix among the thickest Crowd: / There I will be, and there we cannot miss, / Perhaps to Grubble, or at least to Kiss.1704, John Dryden, Poetical Miscellanies, volume 5, London, translation of Amores by Ovid, page 28
    Synonyms:
    fumble, grabble

Questions about grubbling

What is grubbling the present participle and gerund of?
Grubbling is the present participle and gerund of grubble.

Words near grubbling in the dictionary

  1. grubbing up
  2. grubbings
  3. grubble
  4. grubbled
  5. grubbles
  6. grubbling
  7. Grubbs
  8. Grubbs' catalyst
  9. Grubbs' catalysts
  10. Grubbs' test
  11. Grubbs' tests

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