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poping

poping is the present participle and gerund of pope.

Meaning of pope

Verb

pope (third-person singular simple present popes, present participle poping, simple past and past participle poped)

  1. (intransitive) To act as or like a pope.
    • 1537, T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman, Life & Lett. Cromwell (1902), II. 89
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To convert to Roman Catholicism.
    • I'm not going to ‘Pope’ until after the war (if I'm alive).c. 1916, in Evelyn Waugh's Life R. Knox (1959), ii. i. 142

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What is poping the present participle and gerund of?
Poping is the present participle and gerund of pope.

Words near poping in the dictionary

  1. popinac
  2. popinack
  3. popinacks
  4. popinacs
  5. popinae
  6. poping
  7. popinjay
  8. popinjays
  9. popish
  10. popishly
  11. popishness

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