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spyings

spyings is the plural of spying.

Meaning of spying

Noun

spying (countable and uncountable, plural spyings)

  1. espionage; the act of secretly gathering information
    • There are two ways in which the obsessive character of jealousy tends to exert itself: one is in the need to know, the endless tests and investigations and spyings that are so characteristic of jealousy.1980, Amélie Rorty, Explaining Emotions, page 472

Questions about spyings

What is spyings the plural of?
Spyings is the plural of spying.

Words near spyings in the dictionary

  1. spyhoppings
  2. spyhops
  3. spying
  4. spying on
  5. spying out
  6. spyings
  7. spyism
  8. spyless
  9. spylike
  10. spymania
  11. spymaster

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