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jauncing

jauncing is the present participle and gerund of jaunce.

Meaning of jaunce

Verb

jaunce (third-person singular simple present jaunces, present participle jauncing, simple past and past participle jaunced)

  1. To prance; to frolic.
  2. To jolt or shake.
    • catch my death with jauncing up and down!c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about jauncing

What is jauncing the present participle and gerund of?
Jauncing is the present participle and gerund of jaunce.

Words near jauncing in the dictionary

  1. jaun
  2. jaunce
  3. jaunced
  4. jaunces
  5. Jauncey
  6. jauncing
  7. jaunder
  8. jaundered
  9. jaundering
  10. jaunders
  11. jaundice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jauncing (page history and authors); jaunce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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