snowshoeing
snowshoeing is the present participle and gerund of snowshoe.
Meaning of snowshoe
Verb
snowshoe (third-person singular simple present snowshoes, present participle snowshoeing, simple past and past participle snowshoed)
- To travel using snowshoes.
Noun
snowshoeing (uncountable)
- The act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
- A perfectly natural movement of the foot, as in ordinary walking, is the sine qui non of successful snowshoeing, and everything in the construction of the shoe itself goes to confirm this statement.1888, “The National Sports of Canada”, in The American Magazine, volume 25, page 58
- Most fans of winter sports have traditionally had a few problems with snowshoeing.2005 January 9, Gemma Bowes, The Guardian
Origin of snowshoeing
From snowshoe + -ing.
Questions about snowshoeing
- What does snowshoeing mean?
- Snowshoeing means the act or sport of travelling on snowshoes.
- What is snowshoeing the present participle and gerund of?
- Snowshoeing is the present participle and gerund of snowshoe.
- What part of speech is snowshoeing?
- Snowshoeing is a noun.
Words near snowshoeing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snowshoeing (page history and authors); snowshoe (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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