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innuendoing

innuendoing is the present participle and gerund of innuendo.

Meaning of innuendo

Verb

innuendo (third-person singular simple present innuendos, present participle innuendoing, simple past and past participle innuendoed)

  1. (transitive) To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.
    • A statement that a person's presence at a certain club may be "irksome," may be innuendoed that the person is of such bad character as not to be a fit associate with honourable men.1894, Frank Towers Cooper, A Handbook of the Law of Defamation and Verbal Injury, page 119

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Questions about innuendoing

What is innuendoing the present participle and gerund of?
Innuendoing is the present participle and gerund of innuendo.

Words near innuendoing in the dictionary

  1. innubilous
  2. innuendis
  3. innuendo
  4. innuendoed
  5. innuendoes
  6. innuendoing
  7. innuendos
  8. innuendous
  9. innuendously
  10. innuent
  11. Innuit

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