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scruting

scruting is the present participle and gerund of scrute.

Meaning of scrute

Verb

scrute (third-person singular simple present scrutes, present participle scruting, simple past and past participle scruted)

  1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.
    • Hazard scruted the Angels with hooded eyes; the low drone of their murmured ritual chanting of "Make my day" was getting on his nerves. He turned and gloomed down at the table again.1996, William Peter Blatty, Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine Books, →ISBN, page 36

Questions about scruting

What is scruting the present participle and gerund of?
Scruting is the present participle and gerund of scrute.

Words near scruting in the dictionary

  1. scrutineer
  2. scrutineered
  3. scrutineering
  4. scrutineers
  5. scrutinees
  6. scruting
  7. scrutinied
  8. scrutinies
  9. scrutinisable
  10. scrutinisation
  11. scrutinisations

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