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wherreting

wherreting is the present participle and gerund of wherret.

Meaning of wherret

Verb

wherret (third-person singular simple present wherrets, present participle wherreting, simple past and past participle wherreted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To hurry; to trouble; to tease.
    • Find some other road; can't you; and don't keep wherreting me with your nonsense.1762, Isaac Bickerstaffe, Love in a Village (act 1, scene 5)
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To box (somebody) on the ear; to strike on the ear.
    • to wherret a child

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Questions about wherreting

What is wherreting the present participle and gerund of?
Wherreting is the present participle and gerund of wherret.

Words near wherreting in the dictionary

  1. Wherleys
  2. Whernside
  3. wherof
  4. wherret
  5. wherreted
  6. wherreting
  7. wherrets
  8. wherried
  9. wherries
  10. Wherrol Flat
  11. wherry

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