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panging

panging is the present participle and gerund of pang.

Meaning of pang

Verb

pang (third-person singular simple present pangs, present participle panging, simple past and past participle panged)

  1. (transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
    • Yet if that quarrell, Fortune, to diuorce / It from the bearer, 'tis a ſufferance, panging / As ſoule and bodies ſeuering.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...

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Questions about panging

What is panging the present participle and gerund of?
Panging is the present participle and gerund of pang.

Words near panging in the dictionary

  1. Panghulo
  2. pangi
  3. Pangil
  4. Pangilinan
  5. Pangilinans
  6. panging
  7. Pangkal Pinang
  8. Pangkala
  9. Pangkham
  10. Panglao
  11. Pangle

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