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mudging

mudging is the present participle and gerund of mudge.

Meaning of mudge

Verb

mudge (third-person singular simple present mudges, present participle mudging, simple past and past participle mudged)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To move oneself; to stir.
    • He could kill a man, I verily believe, without ever bitin' him—just by doonin' him wi' the waght o' his body and his paws, and then lying on the tap o' him, growlin' to throttle and devour him if he mudged.1827, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 21, page 913

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Questions about mudging

What is mudging the present participle and gerund of?
Mudging is the present participle and gerund of mudge.

Words near mudging in the dictionary

  1. Mudgee
  2. Mudgegonga
  3. mudges
  4. Mudgett
  5. Mudgetts
  6. mudging
  7. mudguard
  8. mudguarded
  9. mudguards
  10. mudgut
  11. mudguts

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