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tangenting

tangenting is the present participle and gerund of tangent.

Meaning of tangent

Verb

tangent (third-person singular simple present tangents, present participle tangenting, simple past and past participle tangented)

  1. (informal, intransitive, rare) Synonym of fly off at a tangent (“to digress from a topic”).
    • OK. Did that have anything to do with what I was saying? I just wanna know if you're tangenting or making an oblique connection I'm missing.1999 August 12, Robin Lee Powell, “Are WOMEN the SUPERIOR GENDER?”, in soc.sexuality.general (Usenet)

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Phrases with tangenting

Questions about tangenting

What is tangenting the present participle and gerund of?
Tangenting is the present participle and gerund of tangent.

Words near tangenting in the dictionary

  1. tangentialize
  2. tangentialized
  3. tangentializes
  4. tangentializing
  5. tangentially
  6. tangenting
  7. tangenting off
  8. tangently
  9. tangentoid
  10. tangentoids
  11. tangents

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