Nouns That Are Also Verbs?

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Nouns That Are Also Verbs?

For example,
a ruler saying to a rock: you rock!
a rock saying to a ruler: you rule!

a weasel creeping away... you're not weaseling your way out of this one!

Preferably humorous

2007-12-31 05:27:57 · 3 answers · asked by lady pie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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sanction, one of the most interesting words, because its use as a noun means totally the opposite of its definition as a verb.
Other words I can think of are play,run,talk, slide.

2007-12-31 06:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

verbal nouns are called GERRUNDS.

2007-12-31 13:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋

http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/raygor/rdrverbs.htm

2007-12-31 13:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by goodymehrin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋