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sirring

sirring is the present participle and gerund of sir.

Meaning of sir

Verb

sir (third-person singular simple present sirs, present participle sirring, simple past and past participle sirred)

  1. (informal, transitive) To address another individual using "sir".
    • Sir, yes, sir! —Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living!

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Questions about sirring

What is sirring the present participle and gerund of?
Sirring is the present participle and gerund of sir.

Words near sirring in the dictionary

  1. sirrakee
  2. sirras
  3. sirred
  4. sirree
  5. sirrees
  6. sirring
  7. sirris
  8. sirrup
  9. sirrush
  10. sirrushes
  11. sirs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sirring (page history and authors); sir (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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