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oinking

oinking is the present participle and gerund of oink.

Meaning of oink

Verb

oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)

  1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
    • The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

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Questions about oinking

What is oinking the present participle and gerund of?
Oinking is the present participle and gerund of oink.

Words near oinking in the dictionary

  1. oink
  2. oink out
  3. oinked
  4. oinker
  5. oinkers
  6. oinking
  7. oinks
  8. oinochoae
  9. oinochoai
  10. oinochoe
  11. oinochoes

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