"weedwhack" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: weedwhacks [present, singular, third-person], weedwhacking [participle, present], weedwhacked [participle, past], weedwhacked [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from weedwhacker. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|weedwhacker}} Back-formation from weedwhacker Head templates: {{en-verb}} weedwhack (third-person singular simple present weedwhacks, present participle weedwhacking, simple past and past participle weedwhacked)
  1. To trim with a weedwhacker.
    Sense id: en-weedwhack-en-verb-Sn-QtFow Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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