Word.ws English Dictionary

demobbing

demobbing is the present participle and gerund of demob.

Meaning of demob

Verb

demob (third-person singular simple present demobs, present participle demobbing, simple past and past participle demobbed)

  1. (UK) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
    • When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time / Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. […] think of poor Albert, / Hes been in the army four years, […]1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 22

See all 3 meanings of demob

Questions about demobbing

What is demobbing the present participle and gerund of?
Demobbing is the present participle and gerund of demob.

Words near demobbing in the dictionary

  1. demob
  2. demob suit
  3. demob suits
  4. demob-happy
  5. demobbed
  6. demobbing
  7. demobilisation
  8. demobilisations
  9. demobilise
  10. demobilised
  11. demobilises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: demobbing (page history and authors); demob (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “demobbing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/demobbing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.