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sleering

sleering is the present participle and gerund of sleer.

Meaning of sleer

Verb

sleer (third-person singular simple present sleers, present participle sleering, simple past and past participle sleered)

  1. (obsolete) To mock or jeer.
    • […] for were it possible that any one could bring us Father Adam's girdle and Mother Eve's apron, what laughing — what sleering — what mocking of their homely fashions would there be!1825, The Freethinking Christians' Quarterly Register, volume 2, page 142

Questions about sleering

What is sleering the present participle and gerund of?
Sleering is the present participle and gerund of sleer.

Words near sleering in the dictionary

  1. sleepyheads
  2. sleepytime
  3. sleepytimes
  4. sleer
  5. sleered
  6. sleering
  7. sleers
  8. Slees
  9. sleest
  10. sleet
  11. sleetch

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