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high-heeling

high-heeling is the present participle and gerund of high-heel.

Meaning of high-heel

Verb

high-heel (third-person singular simple present high-heels, present participle high-heeling, simple past and past participle high-heeled)

  1. (transitive) To walk in high heels.
    • Not even the heart of one of the delectable slim-legged ponlettes who high-heel in swarms wherever the celluloid Napoleons decree a sceneful of "extras, female"; no, nothing but a downy, cuddly chick that eventually grows up into a cackling, flowerbed-scratching Biddy, with no ambition beyond...1932, Science News - Volumes 21-22, page 178

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Questions about high-heeling

What is high-heeling the present participle and gerund of?
High-heeling is the present participle and gerund of high-heel.

Words near high-heeling in the dictionary

  1. high-hearted
  2. high-heartedly
  3. high-heartedness
  4. high-heel
  5. high-heeled
  6. high-heeling
  7. high-heels
  8. high-holder
  9. high-holders
  10. high-hole
  11. high-holes

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