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coffeehousing

coffeehousing is the present participle and gerund of coffeehouse.

Noun

coffeehousing (uncountable)

  1. The act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
  2. (broadly) Unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game.

Meaning of coffeehouse

Verb

coffeehouse (third-person singular simple present coffeehouses, present participle coffeehousing, simple past and past participle coffeehoused)

  1. To distract a game player by chattering.

See all 2 meanings of coffeehouse

Origin of coffeehousing

(distracting an opponent): From the chat or banter in a coffeehouse.

Questions about coffeehousing

What does coffeehousing mean?
Coffeehousing means the act of distracting an opponent in a game by chattering.
What is coffeehousing the present participle and gerund of?
Coffeehousing is the present participle and gerund of coffeehouse.
What part of speech is coffeehousing?
Coffeehousing is a noun.

Words near coffeehousing in the dictionary

  1. coffeeholic
  2. coffeeholics
  3. coffeeholism
  4. coffeehouse
  5. coffeehouses
  6. coffeehousing
  7. coffeeing
  8. coffeeing up
  9. coffeeless
  10. coffeelike
  11. coffeemaker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coffeehousing (page history and authors); coffeehouse (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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