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potboiling

potboiling is the present participle and gerund of potboil.

Meaning of potboil

Verb

potboil (third-person singular simple present potboils, present participle potboiling, simple past and past participle potboiled)

  1. To produce inferior creative works in order to make money.

Questions about potboiling

What is potboiling the present participle and gerund of?
Potboiling is the present participle and gerund of potboil.

Words near potboiling in the dictionary

  1. potbelly stoves
  2. potboil
  3. potboiled
  4. potboiler
  5. potboilers
  6. potboiling
  7. potboils
  8. potbound
  9. potboy
  10. potboys
  11. potbrownie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potboiling (page history and authors); potboil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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