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voluntelling

voluntelling is the present participle and gerund of voluntell.

Meaning of voluntell

Verb

voluntell (third-person singular simple present voluntells, present participle voluntelling, simple past and past participle voluntold)

  1. (humorous, informal, often, transitive) To tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something.
    • I just found out that I was "voluntold" [Marine-speak for a combination of volunteered and told—F[rank] S[chaeffer]] to stay back for a working party.2003 April 24, [anonymous United States Marine Corps corporal], “Combat Iraq”, in Frank Schaeffer, editor, Voices from the Front: Letters Home from America’s Military Family, New York, N.Y.: Carroll...

Questions about voluntelling

What is voluntelling the present participle and gerund of?
Voluntelling is the present participle and gerund of voluntell.

Words near voluntelling in the dictionary

  1. volunteerly
  2. volunteers
  3. volunteership
  4. volunteerships
  5. voluntell
  6. voluntelling
  7. voluntells
  8. voluntold
  9. voluntolds
  10. voluntouring
  11. voluntourism

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