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swaiping

swaiping is the present participle and gerund of swaip.

Meaning of swaip

Verb

swaip (third-person singular simple present swaips, present participle swaiping, simple past and past participle swaiped)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To walk proudly; to sweep along.
    • Och, for his swaiping! That was a lucky job for him, —the ill-favored, foul-mouthed blackguard, heretic and villain thief!1842, Anthony Ganilh, Ambrosio de Letinez, page 143

Questions about swaiping

What is swaiping the present participle and gerund of?
Swaiping is the present participle and gerund of swaip.

Words near swaiping in the dictionary

  1. Swainsthorpe
  2. Swainston
  3. Swainstons
  4. swaip
  5. swaiped
  6. swaiping
  7. swaips
  8. SWAK
  9. swaknoite
  10. Swakop
  11. Swakopmund

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