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paunching

paunching is the present participle and gerund of paunch.

Meaning of paunch

Verb

paunch (third-person singular simple present paunches, present participle paunching, simple past and past participle paunched)

  1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.
    • (Caliban)
      Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him
      I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,
      Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
      Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
      Or cut his wezand with thy knife1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Questions about paunching

What is paunching the present participle and gerund of?
Paunching is the present participle and gerund of paunch.

Words near paunching in the dictionary

  1. paunchfuls
  2. paunchier
  3. paunchiest
  4. paunchily
  5. paunchiness
  6. paunching
  7. paunchless
  8. paunchway
  9. paunchways
  10. paunchy
  11. paune

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