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inchworming

inchworming is the present participle and gerund of inchworm.

Meaning of inchworm

Verb

inchworm (third-person singular simple present inchworms, present participle inchworming, simple past and past participle inchwormed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To crawl or creep slowly.

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Questions about inchworming

What is inchworming the present participle and gerund of?
Inchworming is the present participle and gerund of inchworm.

Words near inchworming in the dictionary

  1. inchtapes
  2. Inchture
  3. inchwide
  4. inchworm
  5. inchwormed
  6. inchworming
  7. inchworms
  8. INCI
  9. incicurable
  10. incide
  11. incided

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inchworming (page history and authors); inchworm (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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