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hondelling

hondelling 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 hondelling

What is hondelling the present participle and gerund of?
Hondelling is the present participle and gerund of hondel.

Words near hondelling in the dictionary

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

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