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emceeing

emceeing is the present participle and gerund of emcee.

Meaning of emcee

Verb

emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
    • Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist, number 61, retrieved 13 Nov 2022, page 11
    Synonyms:
    compere
  2. (intransitive) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
    Synonyms:
    rap

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Questions about emceeing

What is emceeing the present participle and gerund of?
Emceeing is the present participle and gerund of emcee.

Words near emceeing in the dictionary

  1. embutramide
  2. embuttered
  3. EMC
  4. emcee
  5. emceed
  6. emceeing
  7. emcees
  8. Emch
  9. EMCON
  10. emdash
  11. emdashes

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