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helmeting

helmeting is the present participle and gerund of helmet.

Meaning of helmet

Verb

helmet (third-person singular simple present helmets, present participle helmeting or helmetting, simple past and past participle helmeted or helmetted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
    • There was no nonsense about these women—no hysteria, no top-note emotion. They were not out for smashing windows or helmetting policemen, or blowing up things sky-high.1913 August 28, “English Non-Militant Suffragists in Parade”, in The Union Signal, volume XXXIX, number 35, Evanston, Ill., page 12

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Questions about helmeting

What is helmeting the present participle and gerund of?
Helmeting is the present participle and gerund of helmet.

Words near helmeting in the dictionary

  1. helmeted guinea fowls
  2. helmeted guineafowl
  3. helmeted guineafowls
  4. helmeth
  5. Helmeths
  6. helmeting
  7. helmetless
  8. helmetlessness
  9. helmetlike
  10. helmetmaker
  11. helmetmakers

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