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shashing

shashing is the present participle and gerund of shash.

Meaning of shash

Verb

shash (third-person singular simple present shashes, present participle shashing, simple past and past participle shashed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To produce white noise.
    • The machine shashed and crackled, broadcasting silence. Urgently the man repeated, 'Shearwater, Shearwater, Shearwater. This is Brewmarine. Keith speaking. Over. Over.' More shashing, more silence.2003, Libby Purves, Casting Off

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Questions about shashing

What is shashing the present participle and gerund of?
Shashing is the present participle and gerund of shash.

Words near shashing in the dictionary

  1. shashed
  2. shashes
  3. Shashi
  4. shashia
  5. shashias
  6. shashing
  7. Shashiprabha
  8. shashiya
  9. shashiyas
  10. shashka
  11. shashkas

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