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wolvering

wolvering is the obsolete form of wolverine.

Meaning of wolverine

Noun

wolverine (plural wolverines)

  1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
    • “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart

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Forms of wolvering

pluralwolverings

Origin of wolvering

From wolver + -ing.

Questions about wolvering

What is wolvering the obsolete form of?
Wolvering is the obsolete form of wolverine.

Words near wolvering in the dictionary

  1. Wolverhampton
  2. wolverine
  3. Wolverine State
  4. Wolverine Stater
  5. wolverines
  6. wolvering
  7. wolverings
  8. Wolverley
  9. Wolverley and Cookley
  10. wolvers
  11. Wolverton

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