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happy birthdaying

happy birthdaying is the present participle and gerund of happy birthday.

Meaning of happy birthday

Verb

happy birthday (third-person singular simple present happy birthdays, present participle happy birthdaying, simple past and past participle happy birthdayed)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To wish (someone) a happy birthday.
    • Everybody was happy birthdaying him the full day.

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Questions about happy birthdaying

What is happy birthdaying the present participle and gerund of?
Happy birthdaying is the present participle and gerund of happy birthday.

Words near happy birthdaying in the dictionary

  1. happy baby
  2. happy belated birthday
  3. happy birthday
  4. happy birthday in heaven
  5. happy birthdayed
  6. happy birthdaying
  7. happy birthdays
  8. happy bunnies
  9. happy bunny
  10. happy button
  11. happy buttons

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