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ruttling

ruttling is the present participle and gerund of ruttle.

Meaning of ruttle

Verb

ruttle (third-person singular simple present ruttles, present participle ruttling, simple past and past participle ruttled)

  1. (Northern England, intransitive) To gurgle; to rattle when breathing.
    • Ruttling, heard readily without a stethoscope, is due to air bubbling through fluid in the trachea or bronchi.1973, Ronald Illingworth, Common Symptoms of Disease in Children, page 144

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Questions about ruttling

What is ruttling the present participle and gerund of?
Ruttling is the present participle and gerund of ruttle.

Words near ruttling in the dictionary

  1. ruttishly
  2. ruttishness
  3. ruttle
  4. ruttled
  5. ruttles
  6. ruttling
  7. Ruttonjee
  8. rutty
  9. rutuburi
  10. Rutul
  11. Rutuli

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