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potatoing

potatoing is the present participle and gerund of potato.

Meaning of potato

Verb

potato (third-person singular simple present potatoes, present participle potatoing, simple past and past participle potatoed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To hit very hard; to pummel.
    • Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow.2014, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 1998, page 26
  2. (transitive) To hit with a thrown or fired potato.
    • Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both. […] Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.2017, A. J. Low, Sherlock Sam’s Orange Shorts: Special Edition

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Questions about potatoing

What is potatoing the present participle and gerund of?
Potatoing is the present participle and gerund of potato.

Words near potatoing in the dictionary

  1. potatoes in their jackets
  2. potatoes O'Brien
  3. potatoey
  4. potatohead
  5. potatoheads
  6. potatoing
  7. potatoless
  8. potatolike
  9. potatoness
  10. potatophile
  11. potatophiles

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