"blagging" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblæɡɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: blaggings [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ Etymology: From blag + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blag|ing|id2=gerund noun}} blag + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blagging (countable and uncountable, plural blaggings)
  1. (British, informal) gerund of blag
    (uncountable) The use of deception, guile, or persuasion to obtain something; (countable) an instance of this; a blag.
    Tags: British, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blagging-en-noun-LPiCppmJ Categories (other): British English
  2. (British, informal) gerund of blag
    (uncountable, criminal slang) Robbery; (countable) an instance of this.
    Tags: British, informal, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-blagging-en-noun-lKooYcGr Categories (other): British English

Verb

IPA: /ˈblæɡɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ Etymology: From blag + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blag|ing|id2=gerund noun}} blag + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blagging
  1. present participle and gerund of blag Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blag
    Sense id: en-blagging-en-verb-gKmbOJAL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 27 27 46

Inflected forms

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