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panic-buying

panic-buying is the present participle and gerund of panic-buy.

Meaning of panic-buy

Verb

panic-buy (third-person singular simple present panic-buys, present participle panic-buying, simple past and past participle panic-bought)

  1. (transitive) To buy items in unwarrantedly large quantities in a panicked response to coming shortages or price rises.

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Questions about panic-buying

What is panic-buying the present participle and gerund of?
Panic-buying is the present participle and gerund of panic-buy.

Words near panic-buying in the dictionary

  1. panic stations
  2. panic-bought
  3. panic-buy
  4. panic-buyer
  5. panic-buyers
  6. panic-buying
  7. panic-buys
  8. panic-disordered
  9. panic-monger
  10. panic-mongers
  11. panic-stricken

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