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slipslopping

slipslopping is the present participle and gerund of slipslop.

Meaning of slipslop

Verb

slipslop (third-person singular simple present slipslops, present participle slipslopping, simple past and past participle slipslopped)

  1. To move with a slapping or flopping action.
    • Both Ivor and Philip were cowed by this royal anger and they were silent for some time after she had slipslopped in her carpet slippers down the passage, muttering fiercely as she went.1950, Percy Howard Newby, The young May moon, page 128
  2. To slide about like waves.
    • Below, among dark mysteries of the under-wharf, the water placidly slipslopped; the sea-wind blew gently in, fluffing a lock of hair across my face.1920, Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Volume 99, page 213

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Questions about slipslopping

What is slipslopping the present participle and gerund of?
Slipslopping is the present participle and gerund of slipslop.

Words near slipslopping in the dictionary

  1. slipshoes
  2. slipskin
  3. slipskins
  4. slipslop
  5. slipslopped
  6. slipslopping
  7. slipslops
  8. slipsole
  9. slipsoles
  10. slipstick
  11. slipsticks

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