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people-watching

people-watching is the present participle of people-watch.

Meaning of people-watch

Verb

people-watch (third-person singular simple present people-watches, present participle people-watching, simple past and past participle people-watched)

  1. (intransitive) To observe people and their behavior as a recreational activity.

Questions about people-watching

What is people-watching the present participle of?
People-watching is the present participle of people-watch.

Words near people-watching in the dictionary

  1. people-smugglers
  2. people-smuggling
  3. people-watch
  4. people-watched
  5. people-watches
  6. people-watching
  7. peopled
  8. peopled out
  9. peopledom
  10. peoplehood
  11. peoplehoods

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