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toswink

toswink verb: to toil excessively; work or labour hard.

Verb

toswink (third-person singular simple present toswinks, present participle toswinking, simple past toswank, past participle toswunk or toswunken)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To toil excessively; work or labour hard.

Forms of toswink

third-person singular presenttoswinks
present participletoswinking
pasttoswank
past participletoswunk
past participletoswunken

Origin of toswink

From Middle English toswinken, equivalent to to- + swink.

Questions about toswink

What does toswink mean?
Toswink means to toil excessively; work or labour hard.
What part of speech is toswink?
Toswink is a verb.
What is the past tense of toswink?
The past tense of toswink is toswank.

Words near toswink in the dictionary

  1. tOSU
  2. tosudite
  3. tosufloxacin
  4. tosunder
  5. toswap
  6. toswink
  7. tosyl
  8. tosylacetylene
  9. tosylamide
  10. tosylamides
  11. tosylate

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