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yabbing

yabbing is the present participle and gerund of yab.

Meaning of yab

Verb

yab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)

  1. (Nigeria, ambitransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally.
    • But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42

Questions about yabbing

What is yabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Yabbing is the present participle and gerund of yab.

Words near yabbing in the dictionary

  1. yabbers
  2. yabbi
  3. yabbie
  4. yabbied
  5. yabbies
  6. yabbing
  7. yabbis
  8. yabble
  9. yabbled
  10. yabbles
  11. yabbling

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