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earthquaking

earthquaking is the present participle and gerund of earthquake.

Meaning of earthquake

Verb

earthquake (third-person singular simple present earthquakes, present participle earthquaking, simple past and past participle earthquaked)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
    • Watch the Philippines very closely for the next little while. There is rumbling and earthquaking deep within Pinatubo and increased earthquaking within Mayon.1993, Gyeorgos C. Hatonn, The Best of Times: The Worst of Times, page 129

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Questions about earthquaking

What is earthquaking the present participle and gerund of?
Earthquaking is the present participle and gerund of earthquake.

Words near earthquaking in the dictionary

  1. earthquake-proof
  2. earthquaked
  3. earthquakelike
  4. earthquakeproof
  5. earthquakes
  6. earthquaking
  7. earthquaky
  8. earthreader
  9. earthrise
  10. earthrises
  11. earths

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