rangling
rangling is the present participle and gerund of rangle.
Meaning of rangle
Verb
rangle (third-person singular simple present rangles, present participle rangling, simple past and past participle rangled)
- To range about in an irregular manner.
- Haue you not heard it long ago of cunning Fawkners tolde, / […] / And ſuch as knowe the luring voice of him that féedes them ſtill: / And neuer rangle farre abroade againſt the kéepers will, / Doe farre excéede the haggarde Hauke that ſtoopeth to no ſtale: / Nor forceth on the Lure awhit, but...1567, George Turbervil[l]e, “The Louer to a Gentlewoman, that after Great Friendship without Desart or Cause of Mislyking Refused Him”, in Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a Discourse of...
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- What is rangling the present participle and gerund of?
- Rangling is the present participle and gerund of rangle.
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