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spasming

spasming is the present participle and gerund of spasm.

Meaning of spasm

Verb

spasm (third-person singular simple present spasms, present participle spasming, simple past and past participle spasmed)

  1. To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.

See all 4 meanings of spasm

Noun

spasming (plural spasmings)

  1. A spasm.
    • She made only one sound: the rhythmic “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph” of air being shoved from her lungs by weighted urgent spasmings.1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation, page 97

Forms of spasming

pluralspasmings

Questions about spasming

What does spasming mean?
Spasming means a spasm.
What is spasming the present participle and gerund of?
Spasming is the present participle and gerund of spasm.
What part of speech is spasming?
Spasming is a noun.
What is the plural of spasming?
The plural of spasming is spasmings.

Words near spasming in the dictionary

  1. spasm wars
  2. spasmatic
  3. spasmatical
  4. spasmed
  5. spasmic
  6. spasming
  7. spasmings
  8. spasmodic
  9. spasmodical
  10. spasmodicality
  11. spasmodically

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