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spawling

spawling noun: that which is spawled, or spat out.

Noun

spawling (plural spawlings)

  1. That which is spawled, or spat out.
    • Whose marble floors with drunken spawlings shine.1693, William Congreve, Juvenal's Satires

Forms of spawling

pluralspawlings

Origin of spawling

From spawl + -ing.

Questions about spawling

What does spawling mean?
Spawling means that which is spawled, or spat out.
What part of speech is spawling?
Spawling is a noun.
What is the plural of spawling?
The plural of spawling is spawlings.

Words near spawling in the dictionary

  1. spavins
  2. Spavor
  3. spaw
  4. spawl
  5. spawled
  6. spawling
  7. spawlings
  8. spawls
  9. spawn
  10. spawn camp
  11. spawn camped

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