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grumping

/ˈɡɹʌmpɪŋ/

grumping is the present participle and gerund of grump.

Meaning of grump

Verb

grump (third-person singular simple present grumps, present participle grumping, simple past and past participle grumped)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To complain.
    • But Murial Jane was now in a grumping mood[.]1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 69
  2. (informal, intransitive) To be grumpy.

See all 4 meanings of grump

Questions about grumping

What is grumping the present participle and gerund of?
Grumping is the present participle and gerund of grump.
How do you pronounce grumping?
Grumping is pronounced /ˈɡɹʌmpɪŋ/.

Words near grumping in the dictionary

  1. grumpies
  2. grumpiest
  3. grumpily
  4. grumpiness
  5. grumpinesses
  6. grumping
  7. grumpish
  8. grumpity
  9. grumps
  10. grumpster
  11. grumpsters

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