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playing pendulum

playing pendulum is the present participle of play pendulum.

Meaning of play pendulum

Verb

play pendulum (third-person singular simple present plays pendulum, present participle playing pendulum, simple past and past participle played pendulum)

  1. (obsolete) To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, obsolete) To sway from one emotion or state of mind to another.

Questions about playing pendulum

What is playing pendulum the present participle of?
Playing pendulum is the present participle of play pendulum.

Words near playing pendulum in the dictionary

  1. playing one's cards well
  2. playing one's guts out
  3. playing one's hand right
  4. playing one's part
  5. playing out
  6. playing pendulum
  7. playing piece
  8. playing politics
  9. playing possum
  10. playing pussy
  11. playing second fiddle

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