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pabbling

pabbling is the present participle and gerund of pabble.

Meaning of pabble

Verb

pabble (third-person singular simple present pabbles, present participle pabbling, simple past and past participle pabbled)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To make the sound like liquid or porridge makes when bubbling under heat, on a stove.
    • […] and also to blear your een, at the same time makin' the room so insufferably hot that water would pabble in a dish […]1827, “Noctes Ambrosianae”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 21, page 479

Questions about pabbling

What is pabbling the present participle and gerund of?
Pabbling is the present participle and gerund of pabble.

Words near pabbling in the dictionary

  1. PABA
  2. Pabanog
  3. pabble
  4. pabbled
  5. pabbles
  6. pabbling
  7. pabebe wave
  8. Pabianice
  9. Pablo
  10. Pabloism
  11. Pabloist

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