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smickering

smickering is the present participle and gerund of smicker.

Meaning of smicker

Verb

smicker (third-person singular simple present smickers, present participle smickering, simple past and past participle smickered)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To look amorously or wantonly.
    • […] Maskall, must you be smickering after wenches, while I am in calamity?1808, original 1668, John Dryden, Walter Scott, An Evening's Love
  2. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To look or smile seductively or amorously.
  3. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk.
    • I gave him a questioning look and he hurled a pillow at me. “Who you a look pon^([sic]) so?” “Me baby father” He smickered.2014, Crystal Evans, Every Man Deserves A Good Jacket, page 116

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Questions about smickering

What is smickering the present participle and gerund of?
Smickering is the present participle and gerund of smicker.

Words near smickering in the dictionary

  1. SMIC
  2. Smich
  3. smick
  4. smicker
  5. smickered
  6. smickering
  7. smickers
  8. smicket
  9. smickets
  10. smickly
  11. smicks

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