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nosing about

nosing about is the present participle and gerund of nose about.

Meaning of nose about

Verb

nose about (third-person singular simple present noses about, present participle nosing about, simple past and past participle nosed about)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To snoop around; to discreetly or covertly search or examine a place or situation.
    • It’s not hard to find antique roads in China. The place has been shaped and reshaped by engineers for thousands of years. As any Chinese schoolchild will tell you, grand civilizations dating to the Bronze Age blazed intricate communications networks that expanded trade and maintained military...2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china

Questions about nosing about

What is nosing about the present participle and gerund of?
Nosing about is the present participle and gerund of nose about.

Words near nosing about in the dictionary

  1. nosiheptide
  2. nosily
  3. nosiness
  4. nosinesses
  5. nosing
  6. nosing about
  7. nosing around
  8. nosing out
  9. nosing over
  10. nosings
  11. nosireebob

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