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interjecting

interjecting is the present participle and gerund of interject.

Meaning of interject

Verb

interject (third-person singular simple present interjects, present participle interjecting, simple past and past participle interjected)

  1. (transitive) To insert something between other things.
    Synonyms:
    insert
  2. (transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
    • He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.”1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, pages 474-475
  3. (intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.
    Synonyms:
    interpose, intervene

Questions about interjecting

What is interjecting the present participle and gerund of?
Interjecting is the present participle and gerund of interject.

Words near interjecting in the dictionary

  1. interjangling
  2. interjealousies
  3. interjealousy
  4. interject
  5. interjected
  6. interjecting
  7. interjection
  8. interjection point
  9. interjection points
  10. interjectional
  11. interjectional phrase

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