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thicking

thicking is the present participle and gerund of thick.

Meaning of thick

Verb

thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To thicken.
    • A wicked ambush , which lay hidden long In the close covert of her guilful eyen,
      Thence breaking forth , did thick about me throng1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet VII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC

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Questions about thicking

What is thicking the present participle and gerund of?
Thicking is the present participle and gerund of thick.

Words near thicking in the dictionary

  1. thickheadedly
  2. thickheadedness
  3. thickheads
  4. thickie
  5. thickies
  6. thicking
  7. thickish
  8. thickleaf
  9. thicklier
  10. thickliest
  11. thicklips

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