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scraggling

scraggling is the present participle and gerund of scraggle.

Meaning of scraggle

Verb

scraggle (third-person singular simple present scraggles, present participle scraggling, simple past and past participle scraggled)

  1. (transitive) To make scraggly; to make rough, scruffy, or unkempt; to tousle.

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Questions about scraggling

What is scraggling the present participle and gerund of?
Scraggling is the present participle and gerund of scraggle.

Words near scraggling in the dictionary

  1. scraggled
  2. scraggles
  3. scragglier
  4. scraggliest
  5. scraggliness
  6. scraggling
  7. scraggly
  8. scraggy
  9. scragh
  10. scraghs
  11. scragly

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