nutmegged
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of nutmeg.
The striker nutmegged the defender and slipped past him toward goal.
Their captain was nutmegged twice before halftime, to the crowd's delight.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (the striker nutmegged him) and the participle after have or be (he was nutmegged twice). Both meanings of the verb are transitive, flavoring with nutmeg or slipping the ball between an opponent's legs. So the passive puts the seasoned dish, or the beaten defender, in subject position. The kitchen participle shades into the adjective for spiced food, while the football one stays a verb.
- 2Seasoned or flavored with nutmeg, a warm, aromatic spice ground from the seed of the nutmeg tree.
The holiday recipe calls for a lightly nutmegged custard poured over the fruit.
He passed around mugs of nutmegged eggnog at the family gathering.
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nutmegged is a form of nutmeg
nutmeg, verb: To play the ball through the gap between an opponent's legs and recover it on the far side. Full entry
- Forms
- nutmegnutmegs he/she/itnutmegging -ing formnutmegged past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- nutmeg → nutmegged: double the g, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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