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streeling

streeling is the present participle and gerund of streel.

Meaning of streel

Verb

streel (third-person singular simple present streels, present participle streeling, simple past and past participle streeled)

  1. (colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
    • a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a comet1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

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Questions about streeling

What is streeling the present participle and gerund of?
Streeling is the present participle and gerund of streel.

Words near streeling in the dictionary

  1. streekers
  2. streeking
  3. streeks
  4. streel
  5. streeled
  6. streeling
  7. streels
  8. Streep
  9. street
  10. street address
  11. street addresses

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