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riding pillion

riding pillion is the present participle and gerund of ride pillion.

Meaning of ride pillion

Verb

ride pillion (third-person singular simple present rides pillion, present participle riding pillion, simple past rode pillion, past participle ridden pillion)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To travel on the back seat of a motorcycle.
    • The Mafia has set up a school for teenage killers in the southern Sicilian countryside, where pupils as young as 11 are taught to shoot, assemble weapons and ride pillion on motor-scooters.1999 August 16, Philip Willan, “Mafia sets up crime academy to train child assassins”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    pillion, ride bitch

Questions about riding pillion

What is riding pillion the present participle and gerund of?
Riding pillion is the present participle and gerund of ride pillion.

Words near riding pillion in the dictionary

  1. riding one's luck
  2. riding or dying
  3. riding out
  4. riding out the storm
  5. riding over
  6. riding pillion
  7. riding rantipole
  8. riding rhyme
  9. riding rhymes
  10. riding robe
  11. riding robes

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