| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| BEGUNKING | • begunking v. Present participle of begunk. • BEGUNK v. (Scots) to trick, to play a trick on. |
| BLACKGUARDING | • blackguarding v. Present participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| GROUNDBREAKING | • groundbreaking adj. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. • groundbreaking n. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. • groundbreaking n. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. |
| GROUNDBREAKINGS | • groundbreakings n. Plural of groundbreaking. • GROUNDBREAKING n. the breaking of ground at the beginning of a construction project. |
| GRUBSTAKING | • grubstaking v. Present participle of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| GUNKHOLING | • gunkholing n. (Nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes. • gunk-holing n. Alternative spelling of gunkholing. • GUNKHOLE v. to cruise around gunkholes. |
| GUNKING | • gunking v. Present participle of gunk. • GUNK v. to cause something to be gunky, sticky. |
| HUNTIEGOWKING | • HUNTIEGOWK v. to go on a fool's errand. |
| KLUDGING | • kludging v. Present participle of kludge. • KLUDGE v. to contrive a clumsy makeshift mechanism, also KLUGE. |
| KLUGING | • kluging v. Present participle of kluge. • KLUGE v. to fix by clumsy makeshift methods, also KLUDGE. |
| LAUGHINGSTOCK | • laughingstock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing-stock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing␣stock n. (Idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke. |
| LAUGHINGSTOCKS | • laughingstocks n. Plural of laughingstock. • laughing-stocks n. Plural of laughing-stock. • laughing␣stocks n. Plural of laughing stock. |
| ROUGHNECKING | • roughnecking v. Present participle of roughneck. • ROUGHNECK v. to work as a roughneck on an oil rig. |
| SKUGGING | • skugging v. Present participle of skug. • SKUG v. (Scots) to shelter, also SCOG, SCOOG, SCOUG, SCUG, SKOG. |
| SKULDUGGERIES | • skulduggeries n. Plural of skulduggery. • SKULDUGGERY n. underhand dealing, trickery, also SCULDUGGERY, SKULLDUGGERY. |
| SKULLDUGGERIES | • skullduggeries n. Plural of skullduggery. • SKULLDUGGERY n. underhand dealing, trickery, also SCULDUGGERY, SKULDUGGERY. |
| SPARKPLUGGING | • sparkplugging v. Present participle of sparkplug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
| UNKINGING | • unkinging v. Present participle of unking. • UNKING v. to deprive of a king. |
| UNKNIGHTING | • unknighting v. Present participle of unknight. • UNKNIGHT v. to divest of knighthood. |