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sheriffing

sheriffing is the present participle and gerund of sheriff.

Meaning of sheriff

Verb

sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)

  1. (transitive) To carry out the duties of a sheriff.

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Questions about sheriffing

What is sheriffing the present participle and gerund of?
Sheriffing is the present participle and gerund of sheriff.

Words near sheriffing in the dictionary

  1. sheriffed
  2. sheriffess
  3. sheriffesses
  4. Sheriffhales
  5. sheriffhood
  6. sheriffing
  7. sheriffries
  8. sheriffry
  9. sheriffs
  10. sheriffs-depute
  11. sheriffship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheriffing (page history and authors); sheriff (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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