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smitting

smitting is the present participle and gerund of smit.

Meaning of smit

Verb

smit (third-person singular simple present smits, present participle smitting, simple past and past participle smitted)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To infect.

See all 4 meanings of smit

Questions about smitting

What is smitting the present participle and gerund of?
Smitting is the present participle and gerund of smit.

Words near smitting in the dictionary

  1. smitten hip and thigh
  2. smitten kitten
  3. smitten kittens
  4. smittened
  5. smittenness
  6. smitting
  7. smittinid
  8. smittinids
  9. smittle
  10. smittled
  11. smittles

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