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Houdini-ing

Houdini-ing is the present participle and gerund of Houdini.

Meaning of Houdini

Verb

Houdini (third-person singular simple present Houdinis, present participle Houdiniing or Houdini-ing, simple past and past participle Houdinied or Houdini-ed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To escape a difficult situation quickly.
    • “Hey! Let’s go see what the others are up too,” he suggested and Houdinied his way out from between the counter and Lorilei before fleeing to the hallway.2008, Anthony A. von Dessauer, Victoria, Lulu.com, page 97

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Questions about Houdini-ing

What is Houdini-ing the present participle and gerund of?
Houdini-ing is the present participle and gerund of Houdini.

Words near Houdini-ing in the dictionary

  1. Houdek
  2. Houdeks
  3. Houdes
  4. Houdini
  5. Houdini-ed
  6. Houdini-ing
  7. Houdinian
  8. Houdinied
  9. Houdiniesque
  10. Houdiniing
  11. Houdinis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Houdini-ing (page history and authors); Houdini (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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