"meddling" meaning in English

See meddling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} meddling
  1. That meddles. Synonyms: annoying Derived forms: meddlingly
    Sense id: en-meddling-en-adj-JAczYeAR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 21 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 16 21

Noun

Forms: meddlings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} meddling (countable and uncountable, plural meddlings)
  1. unwanted interference Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-meddling-en-noun-4NI6DSo~

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} meddling
  1. present participle and gerund of meddle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: meddle Related terms: fair to meddling
    Sense id: en-meddling-en-verb-p7MFHzUE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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