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strobed

strobed is the simple past and past participle of strobe.

Meaning of strobe

Verb

strobe (third-person singular simple present strobes, present participle strobing, simple past and past participle strobed)

  1. To flash like a stroboscopic lamp.
    • ... as they fuck she quakes, body strobing miles beneath him in cream and night-blue, all sound suppressed, eyes in crescents behind gold lashes...1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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Questions about strobed

What is strobed the simple past and past participle of?
Strobed is the simple past and past participle of strobe.

Words near strobed in the dictionary

  1. stroath
  2. strobe
  3. strobe light
  4. strobe lighting
  5. strobe lights
  6. strobed
  7. Strobel
  8. strobelike
  9. Strobels
  10. strobes
  11. strobic

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