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turncoating

turncoating is the present participle and gerund of turncoat.

Meaning of turncoat

Verb

turncoat (third-person singular simple present turncoats, present participle turncoating, simple past and past participle turncoated)

  1. To act as a turncoat; to betray

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Questions about turncoating

What is turncoating the present participle and gerund of?
Turncoating is the present participle and gerund of turncoat.

Words near turncoating in the dictionary

  1. turncloaks
  2. turncoat
  3. turncoat witness
  4. turncoat witnesses
  5. turncoated
  6. turncoating
  7. turncoatism
  8. turncoats
  9. turncock
  10. turncocks
  11. turncurtovirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turncoating (page history and authors); turncoat (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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