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globbing

globbing is the present participle and gerund of glob.

Meaning of glob

Verb (1)

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. To stick in globs or lumps.
    • […] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.2024, Mimi Matthews, The Muse of Maiden Lane, page 58

Verb (2)

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
    • In filename globbing, * means any character, group of characters, or no characters at all.2000, Jon Lasser, Think Unix, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 123

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Questions about globbing

What is globbing the present participle and gerund of?
Globbing is the present participle and gerund of glob.

Words near globbing in the dictionary

  1. globaurids
  2. globbed
  3. globbier
  4. globbiest
  5. globbiness
  6. globbing
  7. globby
  8. globe
  9. globe algae
  10. globe amaranth
  11. globe amaranths

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