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rulering

rulering is the present participle and gerund of ruler.

Meaning of ruler

Verb

ruler (third-person singular simple present rulers, present participle rulering, simple past and past participle rulered)

  1. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

See all 3 meanings of ruler

Noun

rulering (plural rulerings)

  1. A spanking with a ruler.
    • The rest of the half-year is a jumble in my recollection of the daily strife and struggle of our lives; […] of the alternation of boiled beef with roast beef, and boiled mutton with roast mutton; of clods of bread-and-butter, dog’s-eared lesson-books, cracked slates, tear-blotted copy-books...1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Forms of rulering

pluralrulerings

Questions about rulering

What does rulering mean?
Rulering means a spanking with a ruler.
What is rulering the present participle and gerund of?
Rulering is the present participle and gerund of ruler.
What part of speech is rulering?
Rulering is a noun.
What is the plural of rulering?
The plural of rulering is rulerings.

Words near rulering in the dictionary

  1. rulemongers
  2. ruler
  3. rulered
  4. ruleress
  5. ruleresses
  6. rulering
  7. rulerings
  8. rulerless
  9. rulers
  10. rulership
  11. rulerships

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