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mischieving

mischieving noun: the causing of damage or terror; rampaging.

Noun

mischieving (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging.
    • And it ate up sheep and men and women and was a fair terror, and the King had his heralds cry a reward to whatever knight would ride and end the mischieving of the beast.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song

Origin of mischieving

From mischieve + -ing.

Questions about mischieving

What does mischieving mean?
Mischieving means the causing of damage or terror; rampaging.
What part of speech is mischieving?
Mischieving is a noun.

Words near mischieving in the dictionary

  1. mischiefmaking
  2. mischiefs
  3. mischieve
  4. mischieved
  5. mischieves
  6. mischieving
  7. mischievious
  8. mischievous
  9. mischievously
  10. mischievousness
  11. mischievousnesses

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