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hurly-burlying

hurly-burlying is the present participle and gerund of hurly-burly.

Meaning of hurly-burly

Verb

hurly-burly (third-person singular simple present hurly-burlies, present participle hurly-burlying, simple past and past participle hurly-burlied)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, uncommon) To make an uproar or commotion.

Questions about hurly-burlying

What is hurly-burlying the present participle and gerund of?
Hurly-burlying is the present participle and gerund of hurly-burly.

Words near hurly-burlying in the dictionary

  1. hurly
  2. hurly hakkat
  3. hurly-burlied
  4. hurly-burlies
  5. hurly-burly
  6. hurly-burlying
  7. hurly-hacket
  8. hurly-hackets
  9. hurlyburlies
  10. hurlyburly
  11. Hurmuz

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