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reparteeing

reparteeing is the present participle and gerund of repartee.

Meaning of repartee

Verb

repartee (third-person singular simple present repartees, present participle reparteeing, simple past and past participle reparteed)

  1. (transitive) To reply with a repartee.
    • Aubrey speaks of him as 'incomparable at reparteeing, the bull that was bayted, his witt beinge most sparkling, when most set on and provoked.'1862, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4
  2. (transitive) To have a repartee (a conversation marked by witty retorts or replies).
    • To see them together, friendly, reparteeing, chummy, would turn your stomach--Barbara so exquisite and high-born, and the man, his eyes full of evil fires, sitting like a great toad on the model's chair.1913, Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty

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Questions about reparteeing

What is reparteeing the present participle and gerund of?
Reparteeing is the present participle and gerund of repartee.

Words near reparteeing in the dictionary

  1. repartakes
  2. repartaking
  3. reparted
  4. repartee
  5. reparteed
  6. reparteeing
  7. repartees
  8. repartied
  9. reparties
  10. repartimiento
  11. repartimientos

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