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leafleting

leafleting is the present participle and gerund of leaflet.

Meaning of leaflet

Verb

leaflet (third-person singular simple present leaflets, present participle leafleting or leafletting, simple past and past participle leafleted or leafletted)

  1. (transitive) To distribute leaflets to.
    • A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.
  2. (intransitive) To distribute leaflets.
    • During the summer, Peter earned some extra cash by leafleting for a local pizza delivery restaurant.

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Questions about leafleting

What is leafleting the present participle and gerund of?
Leafleting is the present participle and gerund of leaflet.

Words near leafleting in the dictionary

  1. leafleteer
  2. leafleteering
  3. leafleteers
  4. leafleter
  5. leafleters
  6. leafleting
  7. leafletless
  8. leaflets
  9. leafletted
  10. leafletter
  11. leafletters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leafleting (page history and authors); leaflet (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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