mischiefing
mischiefing is the present participle and gerund of mischief.
Meaning of mischief
Verb
mischief (third-person singular simple present mischiefs, present participle mischiefing, simple past and past participle mischiefed)
- To do a mischief to; to harm.
- "Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them."1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Island Come True”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 86
- To slander.
- And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.1708, John Dunton, The Phenix, page 403
Questions about mischiefing
- What is mischiefing the present participle and gerund of?
- Mischiefing is the present participle and gerund of mischief.
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