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headstanding

headstanding is the present participle and gerund of headstand.

Meaning of headstand

Verb

headstand (third-person singular simple present headstands, present participle headstanding, simple past and past participle headstood or (informal) headstanded)

  1. (intransitive) To stand on one's head.
    • [D]ogs growled at the white arse end of a swan headstanding to graze underwater; […]2021 February 11, Paul Evans, “Country diary: the world stands divided between seasons”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

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Questions about headstanding

What is headstanding the present participle and gerund of?
Headstanding is the present participle and gerund of headstand.

Words near headstanding in the dictionary

  1. headstamps
  2. headstand
  3. headstanded
  4. headstander
  5. headstanders
  6. headstanding
  7. headstands
  8. headstart
  9. headstarting
  10. headstarts
  11. headstay

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