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spoonerizing

spoonerizing is the present participle and gerund of spoonerize.

Meaning of spoonerize

Verb

spoonerize (third-person singular simple present spoonerizes, present participle spoonerizing, simple past and past participle spoonerized)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).

Questions about spoonerizing

What is spoonerizing the present participle and gerund of?
Spoonerizing is the present participle and gerund of spoonerize.

Words near spoonerizing in the dictionary

  1. spooneristic
  2. spooneristically
  3. spoonerize
  4. spoonerized
  5. spoonerizes
  6. spoonerizing
  7. spooners
  8. spooney
  9. spooneyism
  10. spooneyness
  11. spooneys

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