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shovelling out

shovelling out is the present participle and gerund of shovel out.

Meaning of shovel out

Verb

shovel out (third-person singular simple present shovels out, present participle (US) shoveling out or (UK) shovelling out, simple past and past participle (US) shoveled out or (UK) shovelled out)

  1. (transitive) to remove something by shoveling or digging.
  2. (transitive) to remove something using a scooping movement.

Questions about shovelling out

What is shovelling out the present participle and gerund of?
Shovelling out is the present participle and gerund of shovel out.

Words near shovelling out in the dictionary

  1. shovelled up
  2. shoveller
  3. shovellers
  4. shovellike
  5. shovelling
  6. shovelling out
  7. shovelling up
  8. shovellings
  9. shovelmaker
  10. shovelmakers
  11. shovelmaking

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