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climaxing

climaxing is the present participle and gerund of climax.

Meaning of climax

Verb

climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
    • All our memories are burning in time / Like a bittersweet perfume / Can you tell me how a love that's so fine / Could have climaxed in a single afternoon?1978, Bionic Boogie, “Hot Butterfly”, in Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly (performed by Luther Vandross)
  2. (transitive) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
    • A group of about 50 people, mostly young adults and teenagers, charged into a city park where gay people were having a swimming party on June 8. Gay people were attacked, climaxing a year in which this conservative Ohio city [Cincinnati] has become aware of its gay population.1979 August 4, Walter Williams, “Swimmers Attacked”, in Gay Community News, page 3

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Questions about climaxing

What is climaxing the present participle and gerund of?
Climaxing is the present participle and gerund of climax.

Words near climaxing in the dictionary

  1. climax community
  2. climaxed
  3. climaxer
  4. climaxers
  5. climaxes
  6. climaxing
  7. climaxless
  8. climazolam
  9. climazonal
  10. climb
  11. climb down

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