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storming cats and dogs

storming cats and dogs is the present participle and gerund of storm cats and dogs.

Meaning of storm cats and dogs

Verb

storm cats and dogs (third-person singular simple present storms cats and dogs, present participle storming cats and dogs, simple past and past participle stormed cats and dogs)

  1. To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
    • About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond.1913, Pearson's Magazine, page 376

Questions about storming cats and dogs

What is storming cats and dogs the present participle and gerund of?
Storming cats and dogs is the present participle and gerund of storm cats and dogs.

Words near storming cats and dogs in the dictionary

  1. stormiest
  2. stormily
  3. storminess
  4. storminesses
  5. storming
  6. storming cats and dogs
  7. storming in
  8. storming off
  9. storming out
  10. storming out of the blocks
  11. stormingly

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