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hoidening

hoidening is the present participle and gerund of hoiden.

Meaning of hoiden

Verb

hoiden (third-person singular simple present hoidens, present participle hoidening, simple past and past participle hoidened)

  1. (archaic) To romp rudely or indecently.
    • get a scratch, but we always discovered upon examining, that they had been hoidening with the young apprentices.January 1710, Jonathan Swift, Tatler Number 5

Questions about hoidening

What is hoidening the present participle and gerund of?
Hoidening is the present participle and gerund of hoiden.

Words near hoidening in the dictionary

  1. hoida
  2. Hoidal
  3. hoiden
  4. hoidened
  5. hoidenhood
  6. hoidening
  7. hoidenish
  8. hoidens
  9. Hoifung
  10. Hoigné's syndrome
  11. hoiho

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