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scuftering

scuftering is the present participle and gerund of scufter.

Meaning of scufter

Verb

scufter (third-person singular simple present scufters, present participle scuftering, simple past and past participle scuftered)

  1. (dialectal) To bustle, to hurry.
    • Scarcely had the boy undressed himself and lain down on his pillow, ere his two brothers, having heard tidings of the fight, came scuftering in hot haste into the room in their night dresses, all aglow with curiosity[…]1874, George Coward (of Carlisle), The songs and ballads of Cumberland, to which are added dialect and other poems, with notes, ed. by Sidney Gilpin, page 116

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Questions about scuftering

What is scuftering the present participle and gerund of?
Scuftering is the present participle and gerund of scufter.

Words near scuftering in the dictionary

  1. scuffs up
  2. scuffy
  3. scuft
  4. scufter
  5. scuftered
  6. scuftering
  7. scufters
  8. scufts
  9. scug
  10. scugged
  11. scuggery

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