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philandering

philandering is the present participle and gerund of philander.

Meaning of philander

Verb

philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)

  1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
    • You can't be philandering after her again.1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    womanize, womanise

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Noun

philandering (plural philanderings)

  1. The action of one who philanders.
    • She wont be convinced by anything short of it; because, you see, I've had some tremendous philanderings before, and have gone back to her after them.1893, George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer
    • Straight critics […] were shocked by the explicit depiction of Peter's sexual philanderings, scenes that in 1977 are ho-hum in their shock value.1977 April 23, David Holland, “Hockney: Portrait of the Artist as a Cuckold”, in Gay Community News, page 15

Forms of philandering

pluralphilanderings

Questions about philandering

What does philandering mean?
Philandering means the action of one who philanders.
What is philandering the present participle and gerund of?
Philandering is the present participle and gerund of philander.
What part of speech is philandering?
Philandering is a noun.
What is the plural of philandering?
The plural of philandering is philanderings.

Words near philandering in the dictionary

  1. philandered
  2. philanderer
  3. philanderers
  4. philanderess
  5. philanderesses
  6. philandering
  7. philanderings
  8. philanderous
  9. philanders
  10. philandrist
  11. philandrists

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