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shamming

shamming is the present participle and gerund of sham.

Meaning of sham

Verb

sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)

  1. To deceive, cheat, lie.
    • He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
    • But we muſt have a care all this while, not to […] Sham Fallacyes upon the World for Current Reaſon1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLXII. A Nightingale and a Bat.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 144
  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

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Phrases with shamming

Questions about shamming

What is shamming the present participle and gerund of?
Shamming is the present participle and gerund of sham.

Words near shamming in the dictionary

  1. shammers
  2. shammes
  3. shammeses
  4. shammied
  5. shammies
  6. shamming
  7. shamming Abraham
  8. shamming Abram
  9. shammish
  10. shammock
  11. shammocked

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