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hurpling

hurpling is the present participle and gerund of hurple.

Meaning of hurple

Verb

hurple (third-person singular simple present hurples, present participle hurpling, simple past and past participle hurpled)

  1. (England) To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.
    • Goas hurpling abart fit to give a body t'dithers to luke at him! - The Dialect of Leeds, 1862

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Questions about hurpling

What is hurpling the present participle and gerund of?
Hurpling is the present participle and gerund of hurple.

Words near hurpling in the dictionary

  1. Huronian
  2. Hurons
  3. hurple
  4. hurpled
  5. hurples
  6. hurpling
  7. hurr
  8. hurr durr
  9. hurra
  10. hurraed
  11. hurrah

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