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signifying

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. signifying (noun)
  2. signify (verb)

signifying

noun

Definition of SIGNIFYING

: a good-natured needling or goading especially among urban blacks by means of indirect gibes and clever often preposterous put-downs; also : dozens

First Known Use of SIGNIFYING

1959

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