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preening

preening noun: a grooming or posturing. Also the present participle and gerund of preen.

Noun

preening (plural preenings)

  1. A grooming or posturing.
    • Katia Carranza, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Callie Manning are asked to do standard Hispanic preenings: hands on hips, placing weight on one leg while displaying the other thigh.2008 April 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Miami Spice: Saucy Club Crawlers Flirt, Sulk and Spar to a Crossover Beat”, in New York Times

Also used as

preening is also the present participle and gerund of preen.

Forms of preening

pluralpreenings

Words formed from preening

Words that rhyme with preening

Questions about preening

What does preening mean?
Preening means a grooming or posturing.
What part of speech is preening?
Preening is a noun.
What is the plural of preening?
The plural of preening is preenings.

Words near preening in the dictionary

  1. preengagement
  2. preengagements
  3. preengages
  4. preengaging
  5. preengineer
  6. preening
  7. preeningly
  8. preenings
  9. preenrichment
  10. preenrollment
  11. preenrolment

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