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teaselling

teaselling is the present participle and gerund of teasel.

Meaning of teasel

Verb

teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle (US) teaseling or (UK) teaselling, simple past and past participle (US) teaseled or (UK) teaselled)

  1. (archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

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Questions about teaselling

What is teaselling the present participle and gerund of?
Teaselling is the present participle and gerund of teasel.

Words near teaselling in the dictionary

  1. teaseling
  2. teaselled
  3. teaseller
  4. teasellers
  5. teasellike
  6. teaselling
  7. teasels
  8. teasement
  9. teaser
  10. teaser rate
  11. teaser rates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teaselling (page history and authors); teasel (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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