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proning out

proning out is the present participle and gerund of prone out.

Meaning of prone out

Verb

prone out (third-person singular simple present prones out, present participle proning out, simple past and past participle proned out)

  1. (intransitive) To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.
    • I proned out in the white water, letting the wave break over me inside, riding the white water into the deep channel.2012, Ted Gugelyk, Mango Lady & Other Stories from Hawaii
  2. (transitive) To order or cause a person to lie prone on the ground, usually at gunpoint and to effect a high-risk arrest.

Questions about proning out

What is proning out the present participle and gerund of?
Proning out is the present participle and gerund of prone out.

Words near proning out in the dictionary

  1. prongy
  2. pronic
  3. pronilfactor
  4. pronilfactors
  5. proning
  6. proning out
  7. pronings
  8. proniosomal
  9. proniosome
  10. proniosomes
  11. pronities

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