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hilting

hilting is the present participle and gerund of hilt.

Meaning of hilt

Verb

hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)

  1. (transitive) To provide with a hilt.
    • Being lightly hilted, it was very heavy in the point and was useful only as an unscientific chopper, dangerous if it connected with a vital part of an adversary, ideal for cutting at defenceless infantry, but unsuitable for sabre to sabre action, especially against the French equivalent, a...1973, Ugo Pericoli, 1815: the armies at Waterloo, page 78
  2. (transitive) To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (e.g. finger until palm, penis until pelvis).
    • his fingers hilted inside2015, Kitsune, page 41

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Questions about hilting

What is hilting the present participle and gerund of?
Hilting is the present participle and gerund of hilt.

Words near hilting in the dictionary

  1. Hilsons
  2. hilt
  3. Hilt's law
  4. hilted
  5. Hiltermann
  6. hilting
  7. hiltless
  8. Hiltner
  9. Hiltners
  10. Hilton
  11. Hilton Head

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