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hagging

/ˈhæɡɪŋ/

hagging is the present participle and gerund of hag.

Meaning of hag

Verb (1)

hag (third-person singular simple present hags, present participle hagging, simple past and past participle hagged)

  1. To cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).
    • hag […] is that part in mosses which is naturally or artificially cut, hollowed, hagged, or hacked; naturally by water runlets forming hollows, and artificially by, among other means, the cutting and removal of peat.1874, Notes and Queries, page 253

Verb (2)

hag (third-person singular simple present hags, present participle hagging, simple past and past participle hagged)

  1. (transitive) To harass; to weary with vexation.
    • How are Superstitious Men Hagg'd Out of their Wits and Senses, with the Fancy of Omens, Forebodings, Old Wives Tales, and Visions1692, Roger L'Estrange (tr.), Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflexions, page 149

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Questions about hagging

What is hagging the present participle and gerund of?
Hagging is the present participle and gerund of hag.
How do you pronounce hagging?
Hagging is pronounced /ˈhæɡɪŋ/.

Words near hagging in the dictionary

  1. haggess
  2. Haggett
  3. Haggetts
  4. haggi
  5. haggies
  6. hagging
  7. haggis
  8. Haggis McBaggis
  9. haggises
  10. haggish
  11. haggishly

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