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ixnaying

ixnaying is the present participle and gerund of ixnay.

Meaning of ixnay

Verb

ixnay (third-person singular simple present ixnays, present participle ixnaying, simple past and past participle ixnayed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To reject or cancel something; nix.
    • If I wasn't so bored out of my mind, I would have ixnayed that idea.2009, Kathleen Kaska, Murder at the Arlington, Salvo Press, →ISBN

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Questions about ixnaying

What is ixnaying the present participle and gerund of?
Ixnaying is the present participle and gerund of ixnay.

Words near ixnaying in the dictionary

  1. ixionid
  2. ixionids
  3. Ixmiquilpan
  4. ixnay
  5. ixnayed
  6. ixnaying
  7. ixnays
  8. ixocutis
  9. ixode
  10. ixoderin
  11. ixoderins

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