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muzzing

muzzing is the present participle and gerund of muzz.

Meaning of muzz

Verb

muzz (third-person singular simple present muzzes, present participle muzzing, simple past and past participle muzzed)

  1. (archaic, slang) To study intently; to pore over.
    • MUZZ: To be studious. ‘I was muzzing up my Virgil.’1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, “A Westminster Glossary”, in Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 230
  2. (obsolete, slang) To hang around aimlessly; to loiter.
    • ‘If You but knew, cried I, to whom I am going to Night! and who I shall see to Night! – you would not dare keep me muzzing here!’1779, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 105
  3. (slang) To make muzzy or hazy; to confuse.

Questions about muzzing

What is muzzing the present participle and gerund of?
Muzzing is the present participle and gerund of muzz.

Words near muzzing in the dictionary

  1. muzzier
  2. muzzies
  3. muzziest
  4. muzzily
  5. muzziness
  6. muzzing
  7. muzzle
  8. muzzle blast
  9. muzzle blasts
  10. muzzle brake
  11. muzzle brakes

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