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rock-bottoming

rock-bottoming is the present participle of rock-bottom.

Meaning of rock-bottom

Verb

rock-bottom (third-person singular simple present rock-bottoms, present participle rock-bottoming, simple past and past participle rock-bottomed)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall to the lowest possible level.
    • By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.2010, Johann Hari, How Goldman Gambled on Starvation

Questions about rock-bottoming

What is rock-bottoming the present participle of?
Rock-bottoming is the present participle of rock-bottom.

Words near rock-bottoming in the dictionary

  1. rock'n'roll
  2. rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock
  3. rock-and-roll
  4. rock-bottom
  5. rock-bottomed
  6. rock-bottoming
  7. rock-bottoms
  8. rock-bound
  9. rock-climb
  10. rock-climbed
  11. rock-climber

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