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knawvshawling

knawvshawling is the present participle and gerund of knawvshawl.

Meaning of knawvshawl

Verb

knawvshawl (third-person singular simple present knawvshawls, present participle knawvshawling, simple past and past participle knawvshawled)

  1. (Ireland, intransitive) to mutter or complain sullenly
    • On the way home in the trap, that night, the uncle started to cnawvshawl. "Houl', you hoor," said Dan, "there's a woman as has been watching your nephew this while will be rightly annoyed now that he's promised.1984, John B. Keane, Man of the triple name, →ISBN, page 75

Questions about knawvshawling

What is knawvshawling the present participle and gerund of?
Knawvshawling is the present participle and gerund of knawvshawl.

Words near knawvshawling in the dictionary

  1. knawlage
  2. knawn
  3. knaws
  4. knawvshawl
  5. knawvshawled
  6. knawvshawling
  7. knawvshawls
  8. knaydel
  9. knaydels
  10. knaydl
  11. knaydls

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