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yexing

UK/ˈjɛksɪŋ/

yexing is the present participle and gerund of yex.

Meaning of yex

Verb

yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp.

See all 3 meanings of yex

Noun

yexing (plural yexings)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A hiccup.
    • Frequent, convulsive Yexings, or Hickets.1714, Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech, Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books, volume 2

Forms of yexing

pluralyexings

Origin of yexing

From yex + -ing.

From Middle English ȝyxynge, ȝoxing, from Old English ġeoxung, ġeocsung, ġiscung (“sobbing”), from Old English ġiscian (“to sob; sigh”), equivalent to yex + -ing.

Words that rhyme with yexing

Questions about yexing

What does yexing mean?
Yexing means a hiccup.
What is yexing the present participle and gerund of?
Yexing is the present participle and gerund of yex.
What part of speech is yexing?
Yexing is a noun.
How do you pronounce yexing?
Yexing is pronounced /ˈjɛksɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of yexing?
The plural of yexing is yexings.

Words near yexing in the dictionary

  1. yewzh
  2. yewzhes
  3. yex
  4. yexed
  5. yexes
  6. yexing
  7. yexings
  8. yey
  9. Yeyik
  10. yeyo
  11. Yeysk

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