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midswallow

midswallow noun: a point in time when someone is swallowing.

Noun

midswallow (uncountable)

  1. A point in time when someone is swallowing.
    • But then Deena blurted out something that stopped me in midswallow.2008 April 20, Laura Silver, “The Fire, and the Mystery”, in New York Times

Origin of midswallow

From mid- + swallow.

Questions about midswallow

What does midswallow mean?
Midswallow means a point in time when someone is swallowing.
What part of speech is midswallow?
Midswallow is a noun.

Words near midswallow in the dictionary

  1. midsummery
  2. midsupraorbital
  3. midsurface
  4. midsurfaces
  5. midsutural
  6. midswallow
  7. midswap
  8. midswaps
  9. midswim
  10. midswing
  11. midsyllable

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