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whewling

whewling is the present participle and gerund of whewl.

Meaning of whewl

Verb

whewl (third-person singular simple present whewls, present participle whewling, simple past and past participle whewled)

  1. (uncommon) To cry, moan, or whine plaintively.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:whewl.

Questions about whewling

What is whewling the present participle and gerund of?
Whewling is the present participle and gerund of whewl.

Words near whewling in the dictionary

  1. whewer
  2. whewers
  3. whewing
  4. whewl
  5. whewled
  6. whewling
  7. whewls
  8. whews
  9. whey
  10. whey aye
  11. whey-faced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whewling (page history and authors); whewl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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