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kiwi-ing

kiwi-ing is the present participle and gerund of kiwi.

Meaning of kiwi

Verb

kiwi (third-person singular simple present kiwis, present participle kiwiing or kiwi-ing, simple past and past participle kiwied)

  1. (Singapore, slang) To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
    • Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection.
      Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth?
      Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]1987, Michael Chiang, Army Daze, Landmark Books, →ISBN

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Questions about kiwi-ing

What is kiwi-ing the present participle and gerund of?
Kiwi-ing is the present participle and gerund of kiwi.

Words near kiwi-ing in the dictionary

  1. Kiwi dollars
  2. kiwi fruit
  3. kiwi fruits
  4. kiwi-fruit
  5. kiwi-fruits
  6. kiwi-ing
  7. Kiwiana
  8. kiwiberries
  9. kiwiberry
  10. kiwied
  11. kiwifruit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kiwi-ing (page history and authors); kiwi (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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