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upskipping

upskipping is the present participle and gerund of upskip.

Meaning of upskip

Verb

upskip (third-person singular simple present upskips, present participle upskipping, simple past and past participle upskipped)

  1. (poetic) To spring or skip up.
    • With rags and leathers in his hands Upskips be ostentatiously; Anon he at the summit stands, And window cleans vivaciously.1893, Judy - Volume 53, page 29

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Questions about upskipping

What is upskipping the present participle and gerund of?
Upskipping is the present participle and gerund of upskip.

Words near upskipping in the dictionary

  1. upskillers
  2. upskilling
  3. upskills
  4. upskip
  5. upskipped
  6. upskipping
  7. upskips
  8. upskirt
  9. upskirted
  10. upskirter
  11. upskirters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upskipping (page history and authors); upskip (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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