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sweethearting

sweethearting noun: courting; lovemaking.

Noun

sweethearting (usually uncountable, plural sweetheartings)

  1. (dated, usually) Courting; lovemaking.
    • She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.2022, Irvin S. Cobb, Sundry Accounts
  2. (usually) Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.

Forms of sweethearting

pluralsweetheartings

Origin of sweethearting

From sweetheart + -ing.

Questions about sweethearting

What does sweethearting mean?
Sweethearting means courting; lovemaking.
What part of speech is sweethearting?
Sweethearting is a noun.
What is the plural of sweethearting?
The plural of sweethearting is sweetheartings.

Words near sweethearting in the dictionary

  1. sweetheartdom
  2. sweethearted
  3. sweetheartedly
  4. sweetheartedness
  5. sweethearthood
  6. sweethearting
  7. sweetheartings
  8. sweethearts
  9. sweetheartship
  10. sweetie
  11. sweetie pie

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