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ransackling

ransackling is the present participle and gerund of ransackle.

Meaning of ransackle

Verb

ransackle (third-person singular simple present ransackles, present participle ransackling, simple past and past participle ransackled)

  1. (Scotland, archaic except Northern England) Synonym of ransack.
    • And yet zay nothing for me, but devise All the strićt means, to ransackle me o' my money.1633, Ben Jonson, The tale of a Tub.
    Synonyms:
    ransack

Questions about ransackling

What is ransackling the present participle and gerund of?
Ransackling is the present participle and gerund of ransackle.

Words near ransackling in the dictionary

  1. ransacking
  2. ransackings
  3. ransackle
  4. ransackled
  5. ransackles
  6. ransackling
  7. ransacks
  8. Ransbottom
  9. Ransbottoms
  10. Ransdell
  11. Ransdells

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