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ballgowning

ballgowning is the present participle and gerund of ballgown.

Meaning of ballgown

Verb

ballgown (third-person singular simple present ballgowns, present participle ballgowning, simple past and past participle ballgowned)

  1. (UK, intransitive, live action roleplaying games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
    • She'll take any excuse to ballgown!

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Noun

ballgowning (uncountable)

  1. (UK, live action roleplaying games) The act of roleplaying romance as part of a roleplaying game.
    • Ballgowning is quite popular with many roleplayers, but others find it gets on their nerves.

Questions about ballgowning

What does ballgowning mean?
Ballgowning means the act of roleplaying romance as part of a roleplaying game.
What is ballgowning the present participle and gerund of?
Ballgowning is the present participle and gerund of ballgown.
What part of speech is ballgowning?
Ballgowning is a noun.

Words near ballgowning in the dictionary

  1. ballgirls
  2. ballgoer
  3. ballgoers
  4. ballgown
  5. ballgowned
  6. ballgowning
  7. ballgowns
  8. ballhair
  9. ballhairs
  10. ballhandler
  11. ballhandlers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballgowning (page history and authors); ballgown (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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