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trysting

trysting is the present participle and gerund of tryst.

Meaning of tryst

Verb

tryst (third-person singular simple present trysts, present participle trysting, simple past and past participle trysted)

  1. (intransitive) To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
  2. (transitive) To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
  3. (intransitive) To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.
    • He said he was jealous, and craved something to ease his care. 'It's but a small thing I ask,' says he, 'but it will make me a happy man, and nothing ever shall come atween us. Tryst wi' me for Beltane's E'en on the Sker sands, at the green link o' the burn where the sands begin, on the ebb o' the...1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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Noun

trysting (plural trystings)

  1. An appointment; a tryst.
    • He confesses that even at trystings with a lady a third is always present.1968, Thomas Sturge Moore, Some Soldier Poets, page 41

Forms of trysting

pluraltrystings

Words that rhyme with trysting

Questions about trysting

What does trysting mean?
Trysting means an appointment; a tryst.
What is trysting the present participle and gerund of?
Trysting is the present participle and gerund of tryst.
What part of speech is trysting?
Trysting is a noun.
What is the plural of trysting?
The plural of trysting is trystings.

Words near trysting in the dictionary

  1. tryster
  2. trysters
  3. trystes
  4. trysteth
  5. trystine
  6. trysting
  7. trystings
  8. trysts
  9. Trysull
  10. Trysull and Seisdon
  11. tryte

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