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tappishing

tappishing is the present participle and gerund of tappish.

Meaning of tappish

Verb

tappish (third-person singular simple present tappishes, present participle tappishing, simple past and past participle tappished)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To squat
    • As a hound that, having roused a hart, / Although he tappish ne'er so oft.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...

Questions about tappishing

What is tappishing the present participle and gerund of?
Tappishing is the present participle and gerund of tappish.

Words near tappishing in the dictionary

  1. tappingly
  2. tappings
  3. tappish
  4. tappished
  5. tappishes
  6. tappishing
  7. tappit hen
  8. tappit hens
  9. tappoon
  10. tappoons
  11. Tapps

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