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malleting

malleting is the present participle and gerund of mallet.

Meaning of mallet

Verb

mallet (third-person singular simple present mallets, present participle malleting, simple past and past participle malleted)

  1. (transitive) To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.
    • […] and when a couple of insurgents ran in to make the capture she malleted them with her rifle.2007, John Geddes, Highway to Hell, page 220

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Questions about malleting

What is malleting the present participle and gerund of?
Malleting is the present participle and gerund of mallet.

Words near malleting in the dictionary

  1. malleters
  2. malletier
  3. malletiers
  4. malletiid
  5. malletiids
  6. malleting
  7. malletman
  8. malletmen
  9. mallets
  10. Mallett
  11. Mallette

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