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spanghew

/ˈspæŋ.hjuː/

spanghew verb: to strike (a frog or toad) and cause to fly in the air; to inflate (a frog) and bowl it across the surface of a pond.

Verb

spanghew (third-person singular simple present spanghews, present participle spanghewing, simple past and past participle spanghewed)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare, transitive) To strike (a frog or toad) and cause to fly in the air; to inflate (a frog) and bowl it across the surface of a pond.

Forms of spanghew

third-person singular presentspanghews
present participlespanghewing
past participlespanghewed
pastspanghewed

Origin of spanghew

From a combination of spang (“to spring”) and an onomatopoeic second element.

Questions about spanghew

What does spanghew mean?
Spanghew means to strike (a frog or toad) and cause to fly in the air; to inflate (a frog) and bowl it across the surface of a pond.
What part of speech is spanghew?
Spanghew is a verb.
How do you pronounce spanghew?
Spanghew is pronounced /ˈspæŋ.hjuː/.
What is the past tense of spanghew?
The past tense of spanghew is spanghewed.

Words near spanghew in the dictionary

  1. spangenhelm
  2. spangenhelms
  3. spanger
  4. spangers
  5. spanges
  6. spanghew
  7. spanghewed
  8. spanghewing
  9. spanghews
  10. spanging
  11. spangite

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