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shailing

shailing is the present participle and gerund of shail.

Meaning of shail

Verb

shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
    • The mysterious woman meandered up the street, shailing and leaning precariously at times.

Questions about shailing

What is shailing the present participle and gerund of?
Shailing is the present participle and gerund of shail.

Words near shailing in the dictionary

  1. shail
  2. shaila
  3. Shailaja
  4. Shailaputri
  5. shailed
  6. shailing
  7. Shailputri
  8. shails
  9. Shain
  10. Shains
  11. Shainyan

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