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smoking around

smoking around is the present participle and gerund of smoke around.

Meaning of smoke around

Verb

smoke around (third-person singular simple present smokes around, present participle smoking around, simple past and past participle smoked around)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To give off smoke or steam; to be smoking.
    • He broke his arrows, stampt the ground,
      To view his cities smoaking round.1755, Joseph Warton, “The Revenge of America”, in Robert Dodsley, editor, A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, volume 4, London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 209

Questions about smoking around

What is smoking around the present participle and gerund of?
Smoking around is the present participle and gerund of smoke around.

Words near smoking around in the dictionary

  1. smokiest
  2. smokily
  3. smokin'
  4. smokiness
  5. smoking
  6. smoking around
  7. smoking bean
  8. smoking beans
  9. smoking bishop
  10. smoking cap
  11. smoking caps

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