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spratting

spratting noun: fishing for sprats. Also the present participle and gerund of sprat.

Noun

spratting (uncountable)

  1. Fishing for sprats.
    • The spratting season usually lasts from November to March, and, before the outbreak of the recent war, large consignments of sprats were despatched to the Continent, via Parkeston Quay and the train ferry.1947 November and December, C. Langley Aldrich, “The Brightlingsea Branch, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 383

Also used as

spratting is also the present participle and gerund of sprat.

Questions about spratting

What does spratting mean?
Spratting means fishing for sprats.
What part of speech is spratting?
Spratting is a noun.

Words near spratting in the dictionary

  1. sprats
  2. Spratt
  3. spratted
  4. spratter
  5. spratters
  6. spratting
  7. sprattle
  8. sprattled
  9. sprattles
  10. sprattling
  11. Spratton

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