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pressin'

pressin' is the pronunciation spelling of pressing.

Meaning of pressing

Adjective

pressing (comparative more pressing, superlative most pressing)

  1. Needing urgent attention.
    • “I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 75.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    instant
  2. Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
    • You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter 2, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC

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Pressin' is the pronunciation spelling of pressing.

Words near pressin' in the dictionary

  1. pressganged
  2. pressganging
  3. pressgangs
  4. pressie
  5. pressies
  6. pressin'
  7. pressing
  8. pressing ahead
  9. pressing cloth
  10. pressing cloths
  11. pressing comb

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