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nidging

nidging is the present participle and gerund of nidge.

Meaning of nidge

Verb

nidge (third-person singular simple present nidges, present participle nidging, simple past and past participle nidged)

  1. (transitive) To dress the face of (a stone) with a sharp-pointed hammer.

Adjective

nidging (comparative more nidging, superlative most nidging)

  1. trifling

Forms of nidging

comparativemore nidging
superlativemost nidging

Origin of nidging

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about nidging

What does nidging mean?
Nidging means trifling.
What is nidging the present participle and gerund of?
Nidging is the present participle and gerund of nidge.
What part of speech is nidging?
Nidging is an adjective.

Words near nidging in the dictionary

  1. nidged
  2. nidges
  3. nidget
  4. nidgeting
  5. nidgets
  6. nidging
  7. Nidhi
  8. Nidhogg
  9. nidi
  10. nidicolous
  11. nidiculous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nidging (page history and authors); nidge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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