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hectorings

hectorings is the plural of hectoring.

Meaning of hectoring

Noun

hectoring (plural hectorings)

  1. The act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly.
    • their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New...

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Questions about hectorings

What is hectorings the plural of?
Hectorings is the plural of hectoring.

Words near hectorings in the dictionary

  1. hectorers
  2. hectorfloresite
  3. Hectorian
  4. hectoring
  5. hectoringly
  6. hectorings
  7. hectorism
  8. hectorite
  9. hectorites
  10. hectorly
  11. hectors

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