"cuckooing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cuckooings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cuckooing (countable and uncountable, plural cuckooings)
  1. The call of a cuckoo. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (call of a cuckoo): kukunta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cuckooing-en-noun-C1ADxWY0 Disambiguation of 'call of a cuckoo': 100 0
  2. (UK) A form of crime in which the home of a vulnerable person is taken over by a criminal gang and used by them as a base for their activities. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cuckooing-en-noun-tExCnDP4 Categories (other): British English

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cuckooing
  1. present participle and gerund of cuckoo Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cuckoo
    Sense id: en-cuckooing-en-verb-IMDDVPWI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 44 55

Inflected forms

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