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torpling

torpling is the present participle and gerund of torple.

Meaning of torple

Verb

torple (third-person singular simple present torples, present participle torpling, simple past and past participle torpled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To fall headlong; topple
    • The grille flew open as it torpled backwards, and the fire o' love shot out in all directions, pouring out sparks as the stove rolled across the rock and plumged [sic] over the far side.2012, Steven Erikson, The Devil Delivered and Other Tales

Questions about torpling

What is torpling the present participle and gerund of?
Torpling is the present participle and gerund of torple.

Words near torpling in the dictionary

  1. torpitude
  2. torpitudes
  3. torple
  4. torpled
  5. torples
  6. torpling
  7. Torpoint
  8. torpor
  9. torporific
  10. torporise
  11. torporised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: torpling (page history and authors); torple (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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