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stroking someone's ego

stroking someone's ego is the present participle and gerund of stroke someone's ego.

Meaning of stroke someone's ego

Verb

stroke someone's ego (third-person singular simple present strokes someone's ego, present participle stroking someone's ego, simple past and past participle stroked someone's ego)

  1. To baselessly compliment someone in order to undeservedly flatter or indulge them.
    • You're a horrible host! You don't care about us at all! You care more about stroking your own ego than giving us anything we'd actually enjoy!2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (27:25 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman)

Questions about stroking someone's ego

What is stroking someone's ego the present participle and gerund of?
Stroking someone's ego is the present participle and gerund of stroke someone's ego.

Words near stroking someone's ego in the dictionary

  1. strokest
  2. stroketh
  3. stroketomics
  4. stroking
  5. stroking out
  6. stroking someone's ego
  7. strokingly
  8. strokings
  9. stroky
  10. Strole
  11. Stroles

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