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upstartling

upstartling is the present participle and gerund of upstartle.

Meaning of upstartle

Verb

upstartle (third-person singular simple present upstartles, present participle upstartling, simple past and past participle upstartled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cause to rise up in startlement.

Questions about upstartling

What is upstartling the present participle and gerund of?
Upstartling is the present participle and gerund of upstartle.

Words near upstartling in the dictionary

  1. upstartish
  2. upstartism
  3. upstartle
  4. upstartled
  5. upstartles
  6. upstartling
  7. upstartness
  8. upstarts
  9. upstat
  10. upstate
  11. upstater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upstartling (page history and authors); upstartle (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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