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tenukis

tenukis is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tenuki.

Meaning of tenuki

Verb

tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)

  1. (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.

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Questions about tenukis

What is tenukis the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tenukis is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tenuki.

Words near tenukis in the dictionary

  1. tenuivirus
  2. tenuiviruses
  3. tenuki
  4. tenukied
  5. tenukiing
  6. tenukis
  7. tenuosities
  8. tenuosity
  9. tenuous
  10. tenuously
  11. tenuousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenukis (page history and authors); tenuki (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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