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tentpoling

tentpoling is the present participle and gerund of tentpole.

Meaning of tentpole

Verb

tentpole (third-person singular simple present tentpoles, present participle tentpoling, simple past and past participle tentpoled)

  1. To schedule a popular programme between two newer or less popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch them.

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Questions about tentpoling

What is tentpoling the present participle and gerund of?
Tentpoling is the present participle and gerund of tentpole.

Words near tentpoling in the dictionary

  1. tentpole films
  2. tentpole movie
  3. tentpole movies
  4. tentpoled
  5. tentpoles
  6. tentpoling
  7. tents
  8. tentsful
  9. tentsuyu
  10. tentura
  11. tentwallah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tentpoling (page history and authors); tentpole (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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