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ruffianing

ruffianing is the present participle and gerund of ruffian.

Meaning of ruffian

Verb

ruffian (third-person singular simple present ruffians, present participle ruffianing, simple past and past participle ruffianed)

  1. (transitive) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
    • Methinks the wind does speak aloud at land; A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements. If it hath ruffianed so upon the sea.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Questions about ruffianing

What is ruffianing the present participle and gerund of?
Ruffianing is the present participle and gerund of ruffian.

Words near ruffianing in the dictionary

  1. ruffian
  2. ruffianage
  3. ruffiandom
  4. ruffianed
  5. ruffianhood
  6. ruffianing
  7. ruffianish
  8. ruffianism
  9. ruffianisms
  10. ruffianize
  11. ruffianized

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