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quickling

quickling is the present participle and gerund of quickle.

Meaning of quickle

Verb

quickle (third-person singular simple present quickles, present participle quickling, simple past and past participle quickled)

  1. (informal, transitive) To pickle (food) rapidly, without the need for long storage.
    • Quickly pickled radishes—or Quickled Radishes—are an easy peasy, tart and tangy way to use up the radishes that are absolutely everywhere during the summer.2020, Rebecca Lindamood, The Ultimate Guide to Vegetable Side Dishes

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Questions about quickling

What is quickling the present participle and gerund of?
Quickling is the present participle and gerund of quickle.

Words near quickling in the dictionary

  1. quicklike
  2. quicklime
  3. quicklimed
  4. quicklimes
  5. quickliming
  6. quickling
  7. quickload
  8. quickloaded
  9. quickloading
  10. quickloads
  11. quickly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quickling (page history and authors); quickle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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