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second-acting

second-acting is the present participle and gerund of second-act.

Meaning of second-act

Verb

second-act (third-person singular simple present second-acts, present participle second-acting, simple past and past participle second-acted)

  1. To sneak into a venue during the intermission without paying.

Questions about second-acting

What is second-acting the present participle and gerund of?
Second-acting is the present participle and gerund of second-act.

Words near second-acting in the dictionary

  1. second years
  2. second yellow card
  3. second yellow cards
  4. second-act
  5. second-acted
  6. second-acting
  7. second-acts
  8. second-best
  9. second-campism
  10. second-class
  11. second-class citizen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: second-acting (page history and authors); second-act (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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