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murking

murking is the present participle and gerund of murk.

Meaning of murk

Verb (1)

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

  1. (intransitive) To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
    • Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...1918, Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons

Verb (2)

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang) To kill or eliminate.
    • That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.2010, Dana Dane, Numbers, page 232
  2. (ambitransitive, slang) To beat up; to injure.
    • cause we be murkin from the boogie
      And shittin on the crowds
      'cause they jive fakin woody.1991, Camp Lo, Coolie High
  3. (ambitransitive, slang) To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.
    • POV: You're about to get murked by two of Philly's finest on the court. | @myteamtoyota2022 March 5, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaTwitter

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Phrases with murking

Questions about murking

What is murking the present participle and gerund of?
Murking is the present participle and gerund of murk.

Words near murking in the dictionary

  1. murkier
  2. murkiest
  3. murkily
  4. murkiness
  5. murkinesses
  6. murking
  7. murking out
  8. murkish
  9. murklins
  10. murkly
  11. murkness

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