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hackneying

hackneying is the present participle and gerund of hackney.

Meaning of hackney

Verb

hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)

  1. (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
  2. (transitive) To use as a hackney.
  3. (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.
    • […] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]1785, William Cowper, The Task

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Questions about hackneying

What is hackneying the present participle and gerund of?
Hackneying is the present participle and gerund of hackney.

Words near hackneying in the dictionary

  1. hackney writers
  2. hackneyed
  3. hackneyedness
  4. hackneyer
  5. hackneyers
  6. hackneying
  7. hackneyman
  8. hackneymen
  9. hackneys
  10. hacknied
  11. hackproof

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