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Jesusing

Jesusing is the present participle and gerund of Jesus.

Meaning of Jesus

Verb

Jesus (third-person singular simple present Jesuses, present participle Jesusing, simple past and past participle Jesused)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, often, transitive) To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.
    • From what I gathered, his mother had been heavily Jesused, and his father had been a rough sort of plainsman.1971, Richard Sale, For the president's eyes only, →ISBN, page 72
  2. (informal, transitive) To exclaim Jesus at someone.
    • The other man stumbled up, rubbing his temple. “Jesus,” the man said. Frank raised his fist, then saw that the man was Jesusing not him but [the window].2012, Brian Evenson, Windeye, →ISBN

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Questions about Jesusing

What is Jesusing the present participle and gerund of?
Jesusing is the present participle and gerund of Jesus.

Words near Jesusing in the dictionary

  1. Jesus, take the wheel
  2. Jesusanity
  3. Jesused
  4. Jesuses
  5. Jesusian
  6. Jesusing
  7. Jesusland
  8. Jesuslike
  9. jesusly
  10. Jesusolatry
  11. Jesusological

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