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verneuk

verneuk verb: to cheat or deceive.

Verb

verneuk (third-person singular simple present verneuks, present participle verneuking, simple past and past participle verneuked)

  1. (South Africa, transitive) To cheat or deceive.
    • Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)

Forms of verneuk

third-person singular presentverneuks
present participleverneuking
past participleverneuked
pastverneuked

Questions about verneuk

What does verneuk mean?
Verneuk means to cheat or deceive.
What part of speech is verneuk?
Verneuk is a verb.
What is the past tense of verneuk?
The past tense of verneuk is verneuked.

Words near verneuk in the dictionary

  1. Verneuil
  2. Verneuil process
  3. Verneuil's disease
  4. verneuilinid
  5. verneuilinids
  6. verneuk
  7. verneuked
  8. verneuking
  9. verneuks
  10. Verney
  11. Verney Junction

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