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lightninging

lightninging is the present participle and gerund of lightning.

Meaning of lightning

Verb

lightning (third-person singular simple present lightnings, present participle lightninging, simple past and past participle lightninged)

  1. (childish, impersonal, intransitive, nonstandard) To produce lightning.
    • Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over.1916, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

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Questions about lightninging

What is lightninging the present participle and gerund of?
Lightninging is the present participle and gerund of lightning.

Words near lightninging in the dictionary

  1. lightning war
  2. lightning wars
  3. lightning-quick
  4. lightningbug
  5. lightninged
  6. lightninging
  7. lightninglike
  8. lightningly
  9. lightningproof
  10. lightnings
  11. lightpaper

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