HAPPENING | • happening v. Present participle of happen. • happening adj. (Slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. • happening adj. (Slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute. |
HYPHENING | • hyphening v. Present participle of hyphen. • HYPHEN v. to connect words with a punctuation mark. |
INHOOPING | • inhooping v. Present participle of inhoop. • INHOOP v. (Shakespeare) to confine in a hoop. |
ORPHANING | • orphaning v. Present participle of orphan. • ORPHAN v. to deprive of both parents. |
PAUNCHING | • paunching v. Present participle of paunch. • PAUNCH v. to disembowel. |
PHONATING | • phonating v. Present participle of phonate. • PHONATE v. to produce speech sounds. |
PHONEYING | • phoneying v. Present participle of phoney. • PHONEY v. to fake, counterfeit. |
PINCHINGS | • pinchings n. Plural of pinching. • PINCHING n. the act of pinching. |
PLANCHING | • planching n. The laying of floors in a building. • planching n. A floor of boards or planks. • PLANCH v. to floor, board. |
POUNCHING | • POUNCHING v. (Spenser) punching. |
PUNISHING | • punishing adj. That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. • punishing adj. (Figuratively) Debilitating, harsh. • punishing n. Punishment. |
SHAPENING | • shapening v. Present participle of shapen. • SHAPEN v. to shape. |
SIPHONING | • siphoning v. Present participle of siphon. • SIPHON v. (Greek) to draw off through a tube, also SYPHON. |
SYPHONING | • syphoning v. Present participle of syphon. • SYPHON v. to draw off through a tube, also SIPHON. |
UNHASPING | • unhasping v. Present participle of unhasp. • UNHASP v. to unfasten a hasp. |
UNHOOPING | • unhooping v. Present participle of unhoop. • UNHOOP v. to remove hoops from. |
UNSHAPING | • unshaping v. Present participle of unshape. • UNSHAPE v. to deprive of shape, undo. |
UPHANGING | • uphanging v. Present participle of uphang. • UPHANG v. to hang up. |