(especially psychiatry) To suddenly bring up a time-consuming topic when very little time remains to discuss it, often as a tactic to avoid
Infinitivedoorknob
Past simpledoorknobbed
Past participledoorknobbed
-ing formdoorknobbing
Full conjugation of the English verb to doorknob (past simple doorknobbed,
past participle doorknobbed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
doorknob
you
doorknob
he/she/it
doorknobs
we
doorknob
you
doorknob
they
doorknob
Present continuous
I
am doorknobbing
you
are doorknobbing
he/she/it
is doorknobbing
we
are doorknobbing
you
are doorknobbing
they
are doorknobbing
Present perfect
I
have doorknobbed
you
have doorknobbed
he/she/it
has doorknobbed
we
have doorknobbed
you
have doorknobbed
they
have doorknobbed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been doorknobbing
you
have been doorknobbing
he/she/it
has been doorknobbing
we
have been doorknobbing
you
have been doorknobbing
they
have been doorknobbing
Past simple
I
doorknobbed
you
doorknobbed
he/she/it
doorknobbed
we
doorknobbed
you
doorknobbed
they
doorknobbed
Past continuous
I
was doorknobbing
you
were doorknobbing
he/she/it
was doorknobbing
we
were doorknobbing
you
were doorknobbing
they
were doorknobbing
Past perfect
I
had doorknobbed
you
had doorknobbed
he/she/it
had doorknobbed
we
had doorknobbed
you
had doorknobbed
they
had doorknobbed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been doorknobbing
you
had been doorknobbing
he/she/it
had been doorknobbing
we
had been doorknobbing
you
had been doorknobbing
they
had been doorknobbing
Future simple
I
will doorknob
you
will doorknob
he/she/it
will doorknob
we
will doorknob
you
will doorknob
they
will doorknob
Future continuous
I
will be doorknobbing
you
will be doorknobbing
he/she/it
will be doorknobbing
we
will be doorknobbing
you
will be doorknobbing
they
will be doorknobbing
Future perfect
I
will have doorknobbed
you
will have doorknobbed
he/she/it
will have doorknobbed
we
will have doorknobbed
you
will have doorknobbed
they
will have doorknobbed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been doorknobbing
you
will have been doorknobbing
he/she/it
will have been doorknobbing
we
will have been doorknobbing
you
will have been doorknobbing
they
will have been doorknobbing
Conditional
Present
I
would doorknob
you
would doorknob
he/she/it
would doorknob
we
would doorknob
you
would doorknob
they
would doorknob
Present continuous
I
would be doorknobbing
you
would be doorknobbing
he/she/it
would be doorknobbing
we
would be doorknobbing
you
would be doorknobbing
they
would be doorknobbing
Perfect
I
would have doorknobbed
you
would have doorknobbed
he/she/it
would have doorknobbed
we
would have doorknobbed
you
would have doorknobbed
they
would have doorknobbed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been doorknobbing
you
would have been doorknobbing
he/she/it
would have been doorknobbing
we
would have been doorknobbing
you
would have been doorknobbing
they
would have been doorknobbing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
doorknob
that you
doorknob
that he/she/it
doorknob
that we
doorknob
that you
doorknob
that they
doorknob
Past
if I
doorknobbed
if you
doorknobbed
if he/she/it
doorknobbed
if we
doorknobbed
if you
doorknobbed
if they
doorknobbed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
doorknob
we
let's doorknob
Negative
you
don't doorknob
we
let's not doorknob
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to doorknob
Perfect infinitive
to have doorknobbed
Present participle / gerund
doorknobbing
Past participle
doorknobbed
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.