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teetotaling

UK/ˈtiːtəʊtəlɪŋ/US/ˈtitoʊtəlɪŋ/

teetotaling adjective: abstaining from alcohol. Also the present participle of teetotal.

Adjective

teetotaling (not comparable)

  1. (US) Abstaining from alcohol.
    • Most were some variation of the girl-whistling, boyish, movie kind, but a few were serious, teetotalling and religious.1958, Vance Nye Bourjaily, The Violated: A Novel
    • Their teetotalling, absolutist frame of mind, along with its associated attitudes, simply closed off the option to drink.1988, Arnold M. Ludwig, Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind: Refocusing the Past

Also used as

teetotaling is also the present participle of teetotal.

Forms of teetotaling

alternative UKteetotalling

Origin of teetotaling

From teetotal + -ing.

Questions about teetotaling

What does teetotaling mean?
Teetotaling means abstaining from alcohol.
What part of speech is teetotaling?
Teetotaling is an adjective.
How do you pronounce teetotaling?
Teetotaling is pronounced /ˈtitoʊtəlɪŋ/ (US).

Words near teetotaling in the dictionary

  1. teethy
  2. teetotal
  3. teetotaled
  4. teetotaler
  5. teetotalers
  6. teetotaling
  7. teetotalism
  8. teetotalist
  9. teetotalistic
  10. teetotalists
  11. teetotalled

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