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walrussing

walrussing is the present participle and gerund of walrus.

Meaning of walrus

Verb

walrus (third-person singular simple present walruses or (uncommon) walrusses, present participle walrusing or (uncommon) walrussing, simple past and past participle walrused or (uncommon) walrussed)

  1. To hunt walruses
    • It's strange to see parties of merrymakers gather where I nearly drowned, and later walrused with David Isaakovich, Father Basil and the rest of them.2016, Andrey Kurkov, The President's Last Love, Kiev, 9 May 1985
  2. To move dragging one's belly along the floor
    • Gaddy walrused herself from the back seat2020, Will Ferguson, The Finder: A Novel
  3. To hang like a walrus's moustache
    • His untrimmed mustache walrused down and over his hidden mouth2000, Michael L. McCoy, The Hunter, the Hound and a Rogue
  4. To be prominent, like tusks
    • Where a mammal had its canine teeth, great fangs walrused down from the grezzen's upper jaw, as long as scimitars and as thick as human thighs.2011, Robert Buettner, Overkill

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Questions about walrussing

What is walrussing the present participle and gerund of?
Walrussing is the present participle and gerund of walrus.

Words near walrussing in the dictionary

  1. walrusing
  2. walruslike
  3. walrussed
  4. walrusses
  5. Walrussia
  6. walrussing
  7. WALs
  8. Walsall
  9. Walsall Wood
  10. Walsden
  11. Walsdorf

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