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parryings

parryings is the plural of parrying.

Meaning of parrying

Noun

parrying (plural parryings)

  1. The act of one who parries.
    • The pair both want to touch each other, and indulge in a series of fencings and parryings in the hope of attaining their desire.1973, Alan Dundes, Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel, page 253

Questions about parryings

What is parryings the plural of?
Parryings is the plural of parrying.

Words near parryings in the dictionary

  1. Parry Sound District
  2. Parry-Romberg syndrome
  3. parrying
  4. parrying dagger
  5. parrying daggers
  6. parryings
  7. parryslop
  8. pars
  9. pars distalis
  10. pars flaccida
  11. pars intercerebralis

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