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bongoing

bongoing is the present participle and gerund of bongo.

Meaning of bongo

Verb

bongo (third-person singular simple present bongos, present participle bongoing, simple past and past participle bongoed)

  1. (intransitive) To play the bongo drums.
  2. (intransitive) Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
  3. (transitive) To hit something rhythmically with the hands.

See all 9 meanings of bongo

Noun

bongoing (uncountable)

  1. The playing of the bongo.

Questions about bongoing

What does bongoing mean?
Bongoing means the playing of the bongo.
What is bongoing the present participle and gerund of?
Bongoing is the present participle and gerund of bongo.
What part of speech is bongoing?
Bongoing is a noun.

Words near bongoing in the dictionary

  1. bongo mags
  2. bongo parties
  3. bongo party
  4. bongoed
  5. bongoes
  6. bongoing
  7. bongoist
  8. bongoists
  9. bongos
  10. bongrace
  11. bongraces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bongoing (page history and authors); bongo (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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