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orping

orping is the present participle and gerund of orp.

Meaning of orp

Verb

orp (third-person singular simple present orps, present participle orping, simple past and past participle orped)

  1. (Scotland) To complain, grumble, or be discontented.
    • My heart is ever orpin' on / The bonnie banks o' Tay.1895, Robert Ford, Tayside Songs and Other Verses, Alexander Gardner, page 12
  2. (Scotland) To be in ill health; to be sickly and shrivelled.
    • Of changling Imp—he spoke, no care could rear, / Which backward seemed to orp, from year to year.1820 November, Thomas Gillespie, “Sketches of Village Character”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 200

Questions about orping

What is orping the present participle and gerund of?
Orping is the present participle and gerund of orp.

Words near orping in the dictionary

  1. orpiment
  2. orpiments
  3. orpin
  4. orpine
  5. orpines
  6. orping
  7. Orpington
  8. Orpingtons
  9. orps
  10. Orpustan
  11. Orr

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