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bah humbugging

bah humbugging is the present participle and gerund of bah humbug.

Meaning of bah humbug

Verb

bah humbug (third-person singular simple present bah humbugs, present participle bah humbugging, simple past and past participle bah humbugged)

  1. To utter the words "bah humbug"; to dismiss with the words, or sentiment, of the interjection.
    • This can be bah-humbugged or it can be accepted with a child’s quick joy. Who has the right to celebrate, to adore God for his sake, to muse around a manger, to light the candles and give the gifts and sing the songs?1961 December 20, The Christian Century, Chicago, page 1515, column 2

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Questions about bah humbugging

What is bah humbugging the present participle and gerund of?
Bah humbugging is the present participle and gerund of bah humbug.

Words near bah humbugging in the dictionary

  1. bagwyn
  2. bagwyns
  3. bah
  4. bah humbug
  5. bah humbugged
  6. bah humbugging
  7. bah humbugs
  8. bah kut teh
  9. bah zhang
  10. Bah.
  11. Baha

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bah humbugging (page history and authors); bah humbug (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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