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spoilering

spoilering is the present participle and gerund of spoiler.

Meaning of spoiler

Verb

spoiler (third-person singular simple present spoilers, present participle spoilering, simple past and past participle spoilered)

  1. (slang, transitive) To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
  2. (slang, transitive) To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.
    • I've been spoilered, so I doubt I'll be able to enjoy the final episode.

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Questions about spoilering

What is spoilering the present participle and gerund of?
Spoilering is the present participle and gerund of spoiler.

Words near spoilering in the dictionary

  1. spoilerage
  2. spoilered
  3. spoilerette
  4. spoilerettes
  5. spoilerific
  6. spoilering
  7. spoileron
  8. spoilerons
  9. spoilers
  10. spoilers ahead
  11. spoilervirgin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spoilering (page history and authors); spoiler (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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