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plonging

plonging is the present participle and gerund of plonge.

Meaning of plonge

Verb

plonge (third-person singular simple present plonges, present participle plonging, simple past and past participle plonged)

  1. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

Questions about plonging

What is plonging the present participle and gerund of?
Plonging is the present participle and gerund of plonge.

Words near plonging in the dictionary

  1. plonge
  2. plonge leather
  3. plonge leathers
  4. plonged
  5. plonges
  6. plonging
  7. plongé leather
  8. plongé leathers
  9. plongée
  10. plongées
  11. plonk

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