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tiddlywinking

tiddlywinking is the present participle and gerund of tiddlywink.

Meaning of tiddlywink

Verb

tiddlywink (third-person singular simple present tiddlywinks, present participle tiddlywinking, simple past and past participle tiddlywinked)

  1. (UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete) Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
  2. (UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete) To play tiddlywinks.

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Questions about tiddlywinking

What is tiddlywinking the present participle and gerund of?
Tiddlywinking is the present participle and gerund of tiddlywink.

Words near tiddlywinking in the dictionary

  1. tiddly-om-pom-pom
  2. tiddlywink
  3. tiddlywinked
  4. tiddlywinker
  5. tiddlywinkers
  6. tiddlywinking
  7. tiddlywinks
  8. Tidds
  9. tiddy
  10. tiddy oggies
  11. tiddy oggy

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