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pringling

pringling is the present participle and gerund of pringle.

Meaning of pringle

Verb

pringle (third-person singular simple present pringles, present participle pringling, simple past and past participle pringled)

  1. (intransitive) To prickle or tingle.
    • My word, my skin pringled all over as I listened to him, and I would gladly have changed my position for that of the first man in the steepest and narrowest breach that ever swallowed up a storming party.1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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Questions about pringling

What is pringling the present participle and gerund of?
Pringling is the present participle and gerund of pringle.

Words near pringling in the dictionary

  1. PRing
  2. pringle
  3. pringled
  4. pringleite
  5. pringles
  6. pringling
  7. pringá
  8. prinia
  9. prinias
  10. prink
  11. prink up

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