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scrowging

scrowging is the present participle and gerund of scrowge.

Meaning of scrowge

Verb

scrowge (third-person singular simple present scrowges, present participle scrowging, simple past and past participle scrowged)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To encroach on the space of another.
    • Dad he knows the cod, an' the Fleet they know Dad knows. 'See 'em comm' up one by one, lookin' fer nothin' in particular, o' course, but scrowgin' on us all the time?1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Questions about scrowging

What is scrowging the present participle and gerund of?
Scrowging is the present participle and gerund of scrowge.

Words near scrowging in the dictionary

  1. scrowdges
  2. scrowdging
  3. scrowge
  4. scrowged
  5. scrowges
  6. scrowging
  7. scrowl
  8. scrowled
  9. scrowler
  10. scrowlers
  11. scrowling

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