bonneting

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noun

The act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bonnet
nounbonneting (countable and uncountable, plural bonnetings)

plural bonnetings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of a person being bonneted, i.e. having their cap pulled down over their head.

    It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]

    1998, Victorian Periodicals Review, volume 31, page 290

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APA

bonneting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonneting

MLA

“bonneting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonneting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonneting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonneting.

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