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jemmying

jemmying is the present participle and gerund of jemmy.

Meaning of jemmy

Verb

jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)

  1. To shoehorn, to cram.
    • two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

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Questions about jemmying

What is jemmying the present participle and gerund of?
Jemmying is the present participle and gerund of jemmy.

Words near jemmying in the dictionary

  1. Jemmy's Cove
  2. Jemmy-Jessamies
  3. Jemmy-Jessamy
  4. Jemmy-John
  5. Jemmy-Johns
  6. jemmying
  7. Jemulpo
  8. jemutdar
  9. jemutdars
  10. Jen
  11. Jen Kurumba

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