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sculling

sculling is the present participle and gerund of scull.

Meaning of scull

Verb (1)

scull (third-person singular simple present sculls, present participle sculling, simple past and past participle sculled)

  1. To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
    • The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
  2. To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

Verb (2)

scull (third-person singular simple present sculls, present participle sculling, simple past and past participle sculled)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
    • In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59
    Synonyms:
    chug, down

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Questions about sculling

What is sculling the present participle and gerund of?
Sculling is the present participle and gerund of scull.

Words near sculling in the dictionary

  1. scullerymen
  2. Sculley
  3. Sculleys
  4. scullies
  5. Scullin
  6. sculling
  7. Scullins
  8. scullion
  9. scullionish
  10. scullionize
  11. scullionized

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