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jackalling

jackalling is the present participle and gerund of jackal.

Meaning of jackal

Verb

jackal (third-person singular simple present jackals, present participle (US) jackaling or (UK) jackalling, simple past and past participle (US) jackaled or (UK) jackalled)

  1. To perform menial or routine tasks
    • They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.1800, Pamphlets on British Taxation

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Questions about jackalling

What is jackalling the present participle and gerund of?
Jackalling is the present participle and gerund of jackal.

Words near jackalling in the dictionary

  1. jackal buzzards
  2. jackalberries
  3. jackalberry
  4. jackall
  5. jackalled
  6. jackalling
  7. jackalls
  8. jackalope
  9. jackalopes
  10. jackals
  11. jackalsona

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