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pitoning

pitoning is the present participle and gerund of piton.

Meaning of piton

Verb

piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)

  1. To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.

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Questions about pitoning

What is pitoning the present participle and gerund of?
Pitoning is the present participle and gerund of piton.

Words near pitoning in the dictionary

  1. pitometric
  2. piton
  3. pitoned
  4. Pitones
  5. Pitoneses
  6. pitoning
  7. pitons
  8. pitooey
  9. pitot
  10. pitot head
  11. pitot heads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitoning (page history and authors); piton (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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