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razor-blading

razor-blading is the present participle and gerund of razor-blade.

Meaning of razor-blade

Verb

razor-blade (third-person singular simple present razor-blades, present participle razor-blading, simple past and past participle razor-bladed)

  1. To cut or scrape with a razor blade or something similar.
    • Of course, my friend razor-bladed the offending page from all her own copies, but whenever she read in the schools, some kid always wanted to know, ' Where's that little green man it says in the front?"2010, Susan Ioannou, Holding True: Essays on Being a Writer, page 130
  2. (figuratively) To do something with extreme precision.
    • A sigh slipped between her teeth as she razor-bladed each syllable with her tongue.2018, Ray Hudson, Ivory and Paper: Adventures In and Out of Time, page 17

Questions about razor-blading

What is razor-blading the present participle and gerund of?
Razor-blading is the present participle and gerund of razor-blade.

Words near razor-blading in the dictionary

  1. razor-billed curassow
  2. razor-billed curassows
  3. razor-blade
  4. razor-bladed
  5. razor-blades
  6. razor-blading
  7. razor-grinder
  8. razor-sharp
  9. razor-shell
  10. razor-thin
  11. razor-wired

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