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humphing

humphing is the present participle and gerund of humph.

Meaning of humph

Verb

humph (third-person singular simple present humphs, present participle humphing, simple past and past participle humphed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.

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Questions about humphing

What is humphing the present participle and gerund of?
Humphing is the present participle and gerund of humph.

Words near humphing in the dictionary

  1. humphead wrasses
  2. humphed
  3. Humpherson
  4. Humphery
  5. Humpherys
  6. humphing
  7. Humphrey
  8. Humphrey's law
  9. Humphreys
  10. Humphreys County
  11. Humphreys Peak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humphing (page history and authors); humph (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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