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swebbing

swebbing is the present participle and gerund of sweb.

Meaning of sweb

Verb

sweb (third-person singular simple present swebs, present participle swebbing, simple past and past participle swebbed)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To swoon; faint.
    • Hoo swebbed, all droked in sweat, frae the heat o' the desert sun.

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Questions about swebbing

What is swebbing the present participle and gerund of?
Swebbing is the present participle and gerund of sweb.

Words near swebbing in the dictionary

  1. Sweatts
  2. sweatwear
  3. sweatworking
  4. sweaty
  5. sweb
  6. swebbing
  7. swebby
  8. swebs
  9. Swecker
  10. Sweckers
  11. Swecoman

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