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@ing

@ing is the present participle and gerund of @.

Meaning of @

Verb

@ (third-person singular simple present @s, present participle @ing, simple past and past participle @ed)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To reply to or speak to someone, either online or face to face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)
    • Honestly, don't @ me if you don't have anything nice to say.

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Questions about @ing

What is @ing the present participle and gerund of?
@ing is the present participle and gerund of @.

Words near @ing in the dictionary

  1. @$$holes
  2. @55
  3. @55hole
  4. @55holes
  5. @ed
  6. @ing
  7. @s
  8. ^
  9. ^H
  10. ^W
  11. `gt`

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Adapted from Wiktionary: @ing (page history and authors); @ (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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