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slancing

slancing is the present participle and gerund of slance.

Meaning of slance

Verb

slance (third-person singular simple present slances, present participle slancing, simple past and past participle slanced)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To steal; to pinch.
    • Then a knob of margarine had to be slanced out of the kitchen to grease the wheels and bearings.1988, Bill Naughton, Spit Nolan

Questions about slancing

What is slancing the present participle and gerund of?
Slancing is the present participle and gerund of slance.

Words near slancing in the dictionary

  1. slance
  2. slanced
  3. slances
  4. slanchways
  5. slanchwise
  6. slancing
  7. slander
  8. slanderbund
  9. slandered
  10. slanderer
  11. slanderers

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