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limpeting

limpeting is the present participle of limpet.

Meaning of limpet

Verb

limpet (third-person singular simple present limpets, present participle limpeting, simple past and past participle limpeted)

  1. To gather limpets.
    • Mother visited the little cottage over the hill, and found Lisette's story to be quite correct; and many times the Frenchwoman blessed the day when Margie went limpeting and Lisette lent the old knife to the golden-haired little English lady.1890 JUNE, THE GUERNSEY MAGAZINE A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL of INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION & ENTERTAINMENT, volume XVIII, number 6, page 1

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Questions about limpeting

What is limpeting the present participle of?
Limpeting is the present participle of limpet.

Words near limpeting in the dictionary

  1. limpet
  2. limpet mine
  3. limpet mines
  4. limpeted
  5. limpeth
  6. limpeting
  7. limpetlike
  8. limpets
  9. limphatic
  10. limpid
  11. limpidities

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