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nutating

nutating is the present participle and gerund of nutate.

Meaning of nutate

Verb

nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)

  1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
  2. (intransitive) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Questions about nutating

What is nutating the present participle and gerund of?
Nutating is the present participle and gerund of nutate.

Words near nutating in the dictionary

  1. nutarianism
  2. nutarians
  3. nutate
  4. nutated
  5. nutates
  6. nutating
  7. nutation
  8. nutational
  9. nutations
  10. nutator
  11. nutators

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