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sprauchling

sprauchling is the present participle and gerund of sprauchle.

Meaning of sprauchle

Verb

sprauchle (third-person singular simple present sprauchles, present participle sprauchling, simple past and past participle sprauchled)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To move in a clumsy manner; to stumble or sprawl; to clamber up with difficulty.
    • We'll sprauchle yont life's roughsome way, / As canny as we dow; / An' souther oor affections aye, / In love's heart-warmin' lowe.1881, David Thomson, Musings Among the Heather: Being Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

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Questions about sprauchling

What is sprauchling the present participle and gerund of?
Sprauchling is the present participle and gerund of sprauchle.

Words near sprauchling in the dictionary

  1. Spratton
  2. Spratts
  3. sprauchle
  4. sprauchled
  5. sprauchles
  6. sprauchling
  7. sprauncier
  8. spraunciest
  9. sprauncy
  10. sprawl
  11. sprawlbuster

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