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holidaying

holidaying is the present participle and gerund of holiday.

Meaning of holiday

Verb

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed)

  1. (UK, intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study.
  2. (UK, intransitive) To spend a period of time in recreational travel.

See all 12 meanings of holiday

Noun

holidaying (plural holidayings)

  1. The taking of a holiday or vacation.

Forms of holidaying

pluralholidayings

Questions about holidaying

What does holidaying mean?
Holidaying means the taking of a holiday or vacation.
What is holidaying the present participle and gerund of?
Holidaying is the present participle and gerund of holiday.
What part of speech is holidaying?
Holidaying is a noun.
What is the plural of holidaying?
The plural of holidaying is holidayings.

Words near holidaying in the dictionary

  1. holidayed
  2. holidayer
  3. holidayers
  4. holidayfic
  5. holidayfics
  6. holidaying
  7. holidayings
  8. holidayism
  9. holidaymaker
  10. holidaymakers
  11. holidaymaking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holidaying (page history and authors); holiday (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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