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tonking

tonking is the present participle and gerund of tonk.

Meaning of tonk

Verb

tonk (third-person singular simple present tonks, present participle tonking, simple past and past participle tonked)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To knock or strike (a ball) so that it flies through the air.
    • Then your dad would step up and spend 45 minutes repeatedly tonking the ball over the shower block […]2012, Iain Macintosh, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cricket But Were Too Afraid to Ask

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Questions about tonking

What is tonking the present participle and gerund of?
Tonking is the present participle and gerund of tonk.

Words near tonking in the dictionary

  1. Tonkin pit vipers
  2. Tonkin toad
  3. Tonkin toads
  4. Tonkinese
  5. Tonkineses
  6. tonking
  7. Tonkins
  8. Tonkinson
  9. Tonkiss
  10. Tonkisses
  11. Tonkolili

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