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hondeling

hondeling is the present participle and gerund of hondel.

Meaning of hondel

Verb

hondel (third-person singular simple present hondels, present participle (US) hondeling or (UK) hondelling, simple past and past participle (US) hondeled or (UK) hondelled)

  1. (intransitive) To bargain; to haggle.
    • It's the clanging of cash registers, the banging of beads, hawking, hondelling and the hooting of horns.1977, Janet Kaplan and Judy Stacey Goldman, The Underground Jerusalem Guide, Keter Pub. House

Questions about hondeling

What is hondeling the present participle and gerund of?
Hondeling is the present participle and gerund of hondel.

Words near hondeling in the dictionary

  1. Hondarribia
  2. hondas
  3. honde
  4. hondel
  5. hondeled
  6. hondeling
  7. hondelled
  8. hondelling
  9. hondels
  10. Honderich
  11. hondes

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