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Definition of Sponging

Sponging
Sponge Sponge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sponged; p. pr. & vb. n. Sponging.] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. 2. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. --Hooker. 3. Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. ``How came such multitudes of our nation . . . to be sponged of their plate and their money?' --South. 4. Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. --Swift.

Meaning of Sponging from wikipedia

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- SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's eponymous American animated television series. Voiced by Tom Kenny...
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