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wifing up

wifing up is the present participle and gerund of wife up.

Meaning of wife up

Verb

wife up (third-person singular simple present wifes up, present participle wifing up, simple past and past participle wifed up)

  1. (slang) (of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife
    • 2008 “Chris Brown Wifing Up Rihanna?”
  2. (slang) (of a man) to spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whipped
    • Brother’s wifed up – can’t go shoot pool or nothing.

Questions about wifing up

What is wifing up the present participle and gerund of?
Wifing up is the present participle and gerund of wife up.

Words near wifing up in the dictionary

  1. wifies
  2. wifiest
  3. WiFiless
  4. WiFilike
  5. wifing
  6. wifing up
  7. wifis
  8. wifish
  9. wifism
  10. wifout
  11. wiftier

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