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gawming

gawming is the alternative form of gorming.

gawming is the present participle and gerund of gawm.

Meaning of gorming

Adjective

gorming

  1. (New-England, US, dialectal) Clumsy, lumbering, stupid.
    • He was a giant fellow, -— a "great gorming cutter,” Samantha Ann Millikeu called him; but if he had held up his head and straightened his broad shoulders, he would have been thought a man of splendid presence.1894, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 73, page 771
    Synonyms:
    gormy

Questions about gawming

What is gawming the alternative form of?
Gawming is the alternative form of gorming.

Words near gawming in the dictionary

  1. Gawley
  2. Gawlik
  3. Gawliks
  4. gawm
  5. gawmed
  6. gawming
  7. gawmless
  8. gawms
  9. gawn
  10. Gawne
  11. Gawnes

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