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musicking

musicking noun: any activity involving or related to music performance, such as performing, listening, rehearsing, or composing.

Noun

musicking (uncountable)

  1. Any activity involving or related to music performance, such as performing, listening, rehearsing, or composing.

Origin of musicking

From music + -ing, coined by the musicologist Christopher Small (1927–2011).

Questions about musicking

What does musicking mean?
Musicking means any activity involving or related to music performance, such as performing, listening, rehearsing, or composing.
What part of speech is musicking?
Musicking is a noun.

Words near musicking in the dictionary

  1. musicke
  2. musicked
  3. musicker
  4. musickers
  5. musickes
  6. musicking
  7. musicks
  8. musicless
  9. musiclessness
  10. musiclike
  11. musicmaking

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