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pencilling in

pencilling in is the present participle and gerund of pencil in.

Meaning of pencil in

Verb

pencil in (third-person singular simple present pencils in, present participle (US) penciling in or (UK) pencilling in, simple past and past participle (US) penciled in or (UK) pencilled in)

  1. (transitive) To fill in or write in using pencil.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To provisionally schedule.
    • I'll pencil you in for tomorrow at noon.

Questions about pencilling in

What is pencilling in the present participle and gerund of?
Pencilling in is the present participle and gerund of pencil in.

Words near pencilling in in the dictionary

  1. pencillers
  2. pencilless
  3. pencilliform
  4. pencillike
  5. pencilling
  6. pencilling in
  7. pencilling out
  8. pencillings
  9. pencills
  10. pencilly
  11. pencilmaker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pencilling in (page history and authors); pencil in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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