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tapeworming

tapeworming is the present participle and gerund of tapeworm.

Meaning of tapeworm

Verb

tapeworm (third-person singular simple present tapeworms, present participle tapeworming, simple past and past participle tapewormed)

  1. (intransitive) To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
  2. (transitive) To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.

See all 5 meanings of tapeworm

Questions about tapeworming

What is tapeworming the present participle and gerund of?
Tapeworming is the present participle and gerund of tapeworm.

Words near tapeworming in the dictionary

  1. tapeweed
  2. tapeweeds
  3. tapework
  4. tapeworm
  5. tapewormed
  6. tapeworming
  7. tapeworms
  8. tapewormy
  9. tapezine
  10. tapezines
  11. taphephobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapeworming (page history and authors); tapeworm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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