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pepper spraying

pepper spraying is the present participle and gerund of pepper spray.

Meaning of pepper spray

Verb

pepper spray (third-person singular simple present pepper sprays, present participle pepper spraying, simple past and past participle pepper sprayed)

  1. (transitive) To spray or douse (someone or something) with pepper spray.

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Questions about pepper spraying

What is pepper spraying the present participle and gerund of?
Pepper spraying is the present participle and gerund of pepper spray.

Words near pepper spraying in the dictionary

  1. pepper sauces
  2. pepper shaker
  3. pepper shakers
  4. pepper spray
  5. pepper sprayed
  6. pepper spraying
  7. pepper sprays
  8. pepper squash
  9. pepper squashes
  10. pepper steak
  11. pepper steaks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pepper spraying (page history and authors); pepper spray (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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