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hasselbacking

hasselbacking is the present participle and gerund of hasselback.

Meaning of hasselback

Verb

hasselback (third-person singular simple present hasselbacks, present participle hasselbacking, simple past and past participle hasselbacked)

  1. To slice (usually a potato or other root vegetable) thinly while leaving the bottom intact.
    • When it was cool enough to handle but still hot, I stuffed mine with about a slice and half of bacon that I'd cut into even one-inch squares, letting some of the bacon lay on top of the hasselbacked tater.2014, Jennifer L. S. Pearsall, The Big Book of Bacon: Savory Flirtations, Dalliances, and Indulgences With the Underbelly of the Pig, New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 196

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Questions about hasselbacking

What is hasselbacking the present participle and gerund of?
Hasselbacking is the present participle and gerund of hasselback.

Words near hasselbacking in the dictionary

  1. Hassel
  2. Hassel Island
  3. hasselback
  4. Hasselback potatoes
  5. hasselbacked
  6. hasselbacking
  7. hasselbacks
  8. Hasselbrink
  9. Hasselbrinks
  10. Hasselhoff
  11. Hasselhoffs

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