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teakettling

teakettling is the present participle and gerund of teakettle.

Meaning of teakettle

Verb

teakettle (third-person singular simple present teakettles, present participle teakettling, simple past and past participle teakettled)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.
    • The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me.2006, Tim Traver, Sippewissett, Or, Life on a Salt Marsh, page 46

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Questions about teakettling

What is teakettling the present participle and gerund of?
Teakettling is the present participle and gerund of teakettle.

Words near teakettling in the dictionary

  1. teakettle grooms
  2. teakettled
  3. teakettler
  4. teakettlers
  5. teakettles
  6. teakettling
  7. teaks
  8. teakwood
  9. teakwoods
  10. teaky
  11. teal

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