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verbals

verbals is the plural of verbal.

verbals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of verbal.

Meaning of verbal

Noun

verbal (countable and uncountable, plural verbals)

  1. (countable) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
    Synonyms:
    non-finite verb
  2. (Ireland, UK, countable) A spoken confession given to police.
    • They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.1982, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, page 2496
  3. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, uncountable) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
    • We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor

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Questions about verbals

What is verbals the plural of?
Verbals is the plural of verbal.

Words near verbals in the dictionary

  1. verbalizing
  2. verballed
  3. verballing
  4. verbally
  5. verbalness
  6. verbals
  7. Verbania
  8. Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
  9. verbarian
  10. verbarians
  11. verbarium

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