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swaips

swaips is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 swaips

What is swaips the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Swaips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swaip.

Words near swaips in the dictionary

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

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