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sleepering

sleepering is the present participle and gerund of sleeper.

Meaning of sleeper

Verb

sleeper (third-person singular simple present sleepers, present participle sleepering, simple past and past participle sleepered)

  1. (rare) To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
    • I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know.1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 81

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Questions about sleepering

What is sleepering the present participle and gerund of?
Sleepering is the present participle and gerund of sleeper.

Words near sleepering in the dictionary

  1. sleeper ship
  2. sleeper ships
  3. sleepered
  4. sleeperette
  5. sleeperettes
  6. sleepering
  7. sleeperless
  8. sleepers
  9. sleepershark
  10. sleepersharks
  11. sleepes

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