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fumming

fumming is the present participle and gerund of fum.

Meaning of fum

Verb

fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To play upon a fiddle.
    • Follow me, and fum as you go.c. 1604, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho

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Questions about fumming

What is fumming the present participle and gerund of?
Fumming is the present participle and gerund of fum.

Words near fumming in the dictionary

  1. fumitremorgins
  2. fumivorous
  3. fummed
  4. fummel
  5. fummels
  6. fumming
  7. fummle
  8. fummles
  9. fumoir
  10. fumoirs
  11. fumonisin

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