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scamming

scamming is the present participle and gerund of scam.

Meaning of scam

Verb

scam (third-person singular simple present scams, present participle scamming, simple past and past participle scammed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
    • They tried to scam her out of her savings.
    Synonyms:
    con
  2. (slang) To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on.
    • His friend nudged me. "It's true. JJ only scams black ladies." / "You don't say?" / "J-boy scammed a real live Miss Black Universe once. Met her in a disco down in Honduras. Wearing her title. Since then he's been obsessed."2005, Robert Antoni, Carnival, New York, N.Y.: Black Cat, →ISBN, page 54

See all 4 meanings of scam

Forms of scamming

pluralscammings

Words formed from scamming

Questions about scamming

What is scamming the present participle and gerund of?
Scamming is the present participle and gerund of scam.

Words near scamming in the dictionary

  1. scammered
  2. scammers
  3. scammier
  4. scammiest
  5. scamminess
  6. scamming
  7. scammish
  8. scammoniate
  9. scammonic acid
  10. scammonic acids
  11. scammonies

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