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slothing

slothing is the present participle and gerund of sloth.

Meaning of sloth

Verb

sloth (third-person singular simple present sloths, present participle slothing, simple past and past participle slothed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).
    • He has been slothing this whole weekend.

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Questions about slothing

What is slothing the present participle and gerund of?
Slothing is the present participle and gerund of sloth.

Words near slothing in the dictionary

  1. slothful
  2. slothfull
  3. slothfully
  4. slothfulness
  5. slothfulnesses
  6. slothing
  7. slothlike
  8. slothound
  9. slothounds
  10. sloths
  11. slothy

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