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tripoding

tripoding is the present participle and gerund of tripod.

Meaning of tripod

Verb

tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)

  1. (intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
    • I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
  2. (intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

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Questions about tripoding

What is tripoding the present participle and gerund of?
Tripoding is the present participle and gerund of tripod.

Words near tripoding in the dictionary

  1. tripodian
  2. tripodians
  3. tripodic
  4. tripodical
  5. tripodies
  6. tripoding
  7. Tripodis
  8. tripods
  9. tripody
  10. tripoidal
  11. tripoint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tripoding (page history and authors); tripod (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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