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schoolmarming

schoolmarming is the present participle and gerund of schoolmarm.

Meaning of schoolmarm

Verb

schoolmarm (third-person singular simple present schoolmarms, present participle schoolmarming, simple past and past participle schoolmarmed)

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide.
    • Well, our trouble in America is that we're being schoolmarmed to death. You can see it in any paper you pick up.1914, The Cosmopolitan, volume 56, Schlicht & Field, page 458

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Questions about schoolmarming

What is schoolmarming the present participle and gerund of?
Schoolmarming is the present participle and gerund of schoolmarm.

Words near schoolmarming in the dictionary

  1. schoolmaid
  2. schoolmaids
  3. schoolman
  4. schoolmarm
  5. schoolmarmed
  6. schoolmarming
  7. schoolmarmish
  8. schoolmarmishly
  9. schoolmarmishness
  10. schoolmarms
  11. schoolmarmy

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