platzing
platzing is the present participle and gerund of platz.
Meaning of platz
Verb
platz (third-person singular simple present platzes, present participle platzing, simple past and past participle platzed)
- To become aggravated.
- There is a yiddish^([sic]) verb, to platz – roughly, it means to be on tenterhooks, just with all the emotional and physical incontinence that you’d expect from a language that deals principally in uncomfortable extremes. But platzing is not an Olympic sport.2014 July 17, Daniel Harris, “Breaking the Law: why the rule on false starts in athletics is an ass”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2017
Questions about platzing
- What is platzing the present participle and gerund of?
- Platzing is the present participle and gerund of platz.
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