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overscrubbing

overscrubbing is the present participle and gerund of overscrub.

Meaning of overscrub

Verb

overscrub (third-person singular simple present overscrubs, present participle overscrubbing, simple past and past participle overscrubbed)

  1. (transitive) To scrub excessively.

Questions about overscrubbing

What is overscrubbing the present participle and gerund of?
Overscrubbing is the present participle and gerund of overscrub.

Words near overscrubbing in the dictionary

  1. overscrolled
  2. overscrolling
  3. overscrolls
  4. overscrub
  5. overscrubbed
  6. overscrubbing
  7. overscrubs
  8. overscrupulosity
  9. overscrupulous
  10. overscrupulously
  11. overscrupulousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overscrubbing (page history and authors); overscrub (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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