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hoidens

hoidens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hoidens

What is hoidens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hoidens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoiden.

Words near hoidens in the dictionary

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

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