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slarting

slarting is the present participle and gerund of slart.

Meaning of slart

Verb

slart (third-person singular simple present slarts, present participle slarting, simple past and past participle slarted)

  1. (England, dialectal, uncommon) To splash or splatter, especially with something dirty.
    • Luke at that dolly! — slarting t' barns wi' t' dish-clart, astead o' gehring wesh'd up,[…]1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and Tales of Common Life, Etc. To which are Added a Copious Glossary; Notices of the Various...

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Questions about slarting

What is slarting the present participle and gerund of?
Slarting is the present participle and gerund of slart.

Words near slarting in the dictionary

  1. slapt
  2. Slapton
  3. slarmied
  4. slart
  5. slarted
  6. slarting
  7. slarts
  8. SLAs
  9. slash
  10. slash and burn
  11. slash bunt

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