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meemawing

meemawing is the present participle and gerund of meemaw.

Meaning of meemaw

Verb

meemaw (third-person singular simple present meemaws, present participle meemawing, simple past and past participle meemawed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.
    • On working days weavers who had jobs were already meemawing across the racket of looms as the van delivered and in hot weather, with weaving shed doors open, the sound bombarded the streets.2011, Ernest Dewhurst, Pennine Childhood, →ISBN

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Questions about meemawing

What is meemawing the present participle and gerund of?
Meemawing is the present participle and gerund of meemaw.

Words near meemawing in the dictionary

  1. Meeks Bay
  2. Meelpaeg Lake
  3. meem
  4. meemaw
  5. meemawed
  6. meemawing
  7. meemaws
  8. meemeei
  9. meemies
  10. meems
  11. Meemu

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