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crybabying

crybabying is the present participle of crybaby.

Meaning of crybaby

Verb

crybaby (third-person singular simple present crybabies, present participle crybabying, simple past and past participle crybabied)

  1. (intransitive) To act like a crybaby.
    • Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.1995 June 15, Scott Ostler, “SCOTT OSTLER -- Hakeem Sets Old Standard”, in San Francisco Chronicle

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Questions about crybabying

What is crybabying the present participle of?
Crybabying is the present participle of crybaby.

Words near crybabying in the dictionary

  1. cryands
  2. Cryans
  3. crybabied
  4. crybabies
  5. crybaby
  6. crybabying
  7. crybabyish
  8. crybabylike
  9. crybullied
  10. crybullies
  11. crybully

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crybabying (page history and authors); crybaby (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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