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thugging

thugging noun: thuggery; the behaviour of a thug. Also the present participle and gerund of thug.

Noun

thugging (uncountable)

  1. thuggery; the behaviour of a thug
    • How do the unions enforce this policy? […] It is enforced by crime, by murder, by arson, by dynamite, by thugging and by the bludgeon.

Also used as

thugging is also the present participle and gerund of thug.

Origin of thugging

From thug + -ing.

Phrases with thugging

Questions about thugging

What does thugging mean?
Thugging means thuggery; the behaviour of a thug.
What part of speech is thugging?
Thugging is a noun.

Words near thugging in the dictionary

  1. thuggette
  2. thuggettes
  3. thuggi
  4. thuggier
  5. thuggiest
  6. thugging
  7. thugging it out
  8. thuggis
  9. thuggish
  10. thuggishly
  11. thuggishness

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