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skinking

skinking is the present participle and gerund of skink.

Meaning of skink

Verb

skink (third-person singular simple present skinks, present participle skinking, simple past and past participle skinked)

  1. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To serve (a drink).
    • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day.1640 November 20 (date licensed, Gregorian calendar; published 1652), James Shirley, “The Imposture”, in William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, editors, The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, […]...
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a present.

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Questions about skinking

What is skinking the present participle and gerund of?
Skinking is the present participle and gerund of skink.

Words near skinking in the dictionary

  1. skinimalism
  2. skink
  3. skinked
  4. skinker
  5. skinkers
  6. skinking
  7. skinks
  8. skinless
  9. skinlessness
  10. skinlike
  11. skinmag

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