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rantipoling

rantipoling is the present participle and gerund of rantipole.

Meaning of rantipole

Verb

rantipole (third-person singular simple present rantipoles, present participle rantipoling, simple past and past participle rantipoled)

  1. (intransitive) To act in a rude, unruly fashion.
    • The Eldeſt vvas a termagant, imperious, prodigal, levvd, profligate VVench, as ever breath'd; ſhe uſed to Rantipole about the Houſe, pinch the Children, kick the Servants, and torture the Cats and the Dogs; […]1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How the Guardians of the Deceas’d Mrs. Bull’s Three Daughters Came to John, and what Advice they Gave Him; wherein is Briefly Treated the...

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Questions about rantipoling

What is rantipoling the present participle and gerund of?
Rantipoling is the present participle and gerund of rantipole.

Words near rantipoling in the dictionary

  1. rantingly
  2. rantings
  3. rantipole
  4. rantipoled
  5. rantipoles
  6. rantipoling
  7. rantipoll
  8. rantipolls
  9. rantish
  10. Rantism
  11. rantistirion

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