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stargazing

stargazing is the present participle and gerund of stargaze.

Meaning of stargaze

Verb

stargaze (third-person singular simple present stargazes, present participle stargazing, simple past and past participle stargazed)

  1. To look at the stars at night.
    • It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.
  2. (figuratively) To gaze engrossed with emotion or contemplatively.
    • Before books came into my life, I was given to stargazing and daydreaming. When books were given me, I fell upon them as a glutton pounces on his meat after a period of enforced starvation.1912, Mary Antin, The Promised Land

Noun

stargazing (countable and uncountable, plural stargazings)

  1. The act of gazing at the stars; astronomy.

Forms of stargazing

pluralstargazings

Questions about stargazing

What does stargazing mean?
Stargazing means the act of gazing at the stars; astronomy.
What is stargazing the present participle and gerund of?
Stargazing is the present participle and gerund of stargaze.
What part of speech is stargazing?
Stargazing is a noun.
What is the plural of stargazing?
The plural of stargazing is stargazings.

Words near stargazing in the dictionary

  1. stargazers
  2. stargazes
  3. stargazey pie
  4. stargazey pies
  5. stargazin
  6. stargazing
  7. stargazings
  8. stargazins
  9. stargazy pie
  10. stargazy pies
  11. Stargel

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