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pocket watching

pocket watching is the present participle and gerund of pocket watch.

Meaning of pocket watch

Verb

pocket watch (third-person singular simple present pocket watches, present participle pocket watching, simple past and past participle pocket watched)

  1. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To jealously obsess over another person's finances or success.
    • Pocket watching a high schooler is crazy.

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Questions about pocket watching

What is pocket watching the present participle and gerund of?
Pocket watching is the present participle and gerund of pocket watch.

Words near pocket watching in the dictionary

  1. pocket vetoes
  2. pocket vetos
  3. pocket watch
  4. pocket watched
  5. pocket watches
  6. pocket watching
  7. pocket-book
  8. pocket-books
  9. pocket-call
  10. pocket-called
  11. pocket-calling

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