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termiting

termiting is the present participle and gerund of termite.

Meaning of termite

Verb

termite (third-person singular simple present termites, present participle termiting, simple past and past participle termited)

  1. (intransitive) Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.

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Questions about termiting

What is termiting the present participle and gerund of?
Termiting is the present participle and gerund of termite.

Words near termiting in the dictionary

  1. termiticides
  2. termitid
  3. termitids
  4. termitiform
  5. termitine
  6. termiting
  7. termitological
  8. termitologist
  9. termitologists
  10. termitology
  11. termitophage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: termiting (page history and authors); termite (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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