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honeymooning

honeymooning is the present participle and gerund of honeymoon.

Meaning of honeymoon

Verb

honeymoon (third-person singular simple present honeymoons, present participle honeymooning, simple past and past participle honeymooned)

  1. To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).
    • My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.

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Noun

honeymooning (countable and uncountable, plural honeymoonings)

  1. A honeymoon.
    • Markham also explained a word: "Lilimola is a deep secret realm of love and rest, where lovers go for their honeymoonings when returning for a season from Lilistan, the New Heaven."1966, Louis Filler, The Unknown Edwin Markham: His Mystery and Its Significance, page 138

Adjective

honeymooning (not comparable)

  1. On a honeymoon.
    • The honeymooning couple danced the night away.

Forms of honeymooning

pluralhoneymoonings

Questions about honeymooning

What does honeymooning mean?
Honeymooning means a honeymoon.
What is honeymooning the present participle and gerund of?
Honeymooning is the present participle and gerund of honeymoon.
What part of speech is honeymooning?
Honeymooning can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of honeymooning?
The plural of honeymooning is honeymoonings.

Words near honeymooning in the dictionary

  1. honeymoon whist
  2. Honeymoon-Holyghost
  3. honeymooned
  4. honeymooner
  5. honeymooners
  6. honeymooning
  7. honeymoonings
  8. honeymoonlight
  9. honeymoons
  10. honeymoony
  11. honeymouthed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: honeymooning (page history and authors); honeymoon (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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