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possuming

possuming is the present participle and gerund of possum.

Meaning of possum

Verb

possum (third-person singular simple present possums, present participle possuming, simple past and past participle possumed)

  1. (intransitive) To play possum; to feign sleep, illness, or death.

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Questions about possuming

What is possuming the present participle and gerund of?
Possuming is the present participle and gerund of possum.

Words near possuming in the dictionary

  1. Possum Creek
  2. possum grape
  3. possum pie
  4. possumed
  5. possumhaw
  6. possuming
  7. possumlike
  8. possums
  9. possumwood
  10. post
  11. post and lintel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: possuming (page history and authors); possum (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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