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quabbing

quabbing is the present participle and gerund of quab.

Meaning of quab

Noun

quab (plural quabs)

  1. An unfledged bird; squab, or (by extension, obsolete) Something immature or unfinished.
    • You’ll take it well enough; a scholar's fancy,
      A quab; ’tis nothing else, a very quab1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy

Questions about quabbing

What is quabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Quabbing is the present participle and gerund of quab.

Words near quabbing in the dictionary

  1. quaaludes
  2. Quaama
  3. quab
  4. quabbed
  5. Quabbin
  6. quabbing
  7. quabla operator
  8. Quaboag
  9. quabs
  10. Quach
  11. quacha

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