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treacling

treacling is the present participle and gerund of treacle.

Meaning of treacle

Verb

treacle (third-person singular simple present treacles, present participle treacling, simple past and past participle treacled)

  1. (transitive) To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.

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Questions about treacling

What is treacling the present participle and gerund of?
Treacling is the present participle and gerund of treacle.

Words near treacling in the dictionary

  1. treaclewort
  2. treacley
  3. treaclier
  4. treacliest
  5. treacliness
  6. treacling
  7. treacly
  8. Treacy
  9. Treacys
  10. tread
  11. tread a measure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treacling (page history and authors); treacle (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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