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rattaning

rattaning is the present participle and gerund of rattan.

Meaning of rattan

Verb

rattan (third-person singular simple present rattans, present participle rattaning, simple past and past participle rattaned)

  1. (transitive) To beat with a rattan cane.
    • Meanwhile Captain Colville rattaned Pearson very severely […]1915, Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson, The Antiquary, volume 51, page 56

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Noun

rattaning (plural rattanings)

  1. A beating with a rattan cane.

Forms of rattaning

pluralrattanings

Questions about rattaning

What does rattaning mean?
Rattaning means a beating with a rattan cane.
What is rattaning the present participle and gerund of?
Rattaning is the present participle and gerund of rattan.
What part of speech is rattaning?
Rattaning is a noun.
What is the plural of rattaning?
The plural of rattaning is rattanings.

Words near rattaning in the dictionary

  1. rattan
  2. rattan palm
  3. rattan palms
  4. rattan pepper
  5. rattaned
  6. rattaning
  7. rattanings
  8. rattans
  9. rattanware
  10. rattanwares
  11. rattany

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