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mermaiding

mermaiding noun: the practice of swimming while wearing an artificial mermaid tail.

Noun

mermaiding (uncountable)

  1. The practice of swimming while wearing an artificial mermaid tail.

Origin of mermaiding

From mermaid + -ing.

Questions about mermaiding

What does mermaiding mean?
Mermaiding means the practice of swimming while wearing an artificial mermaid tail.
What part of speech is mermaiding?
Mermaiding is a noun.

Words near mermaiding in the dictionary

  1. mermaid's toenails
  2. mermaid's tresses
  3. mermaidcore
  4. mermaiden
  5. mermaidens
  6. mermaiding
  7. mermaidish
  8. mermaidism
  9. mermaidlike
  10. mermaids
  11. mermaids' purse

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