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overslaughing

overslaughing is the present participle and gerund of overslaugh.

Meaning of overslaugh

Verb

overslaugh (third-person singular simple present overslaughs, present participle overslaughing, simple past and past participle overslaughed)

  1. (US, archaic, dialectal, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
    • to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body

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Questions about overslaughing

What is overslaughing the present participle and gerund of?
Overslaughing is the present participle and gerund of overslaugh.

Words near overslaughing in the dictionary

  1. overskirts
  2. oversky
  3. overslack
  4. overslaugh
  5. overslaughed
  6. overslaughing
  7. overslaughs
  8. overslavish
  9. overslavishly
  10. overslay
  11. overslays

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overslaughing (page history and authors); overslaugh (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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