two-timing
two-timing is the present participle and gerund of two-time.
Meaning of two-time
Verb
two-time (third-person singular simple present two-times, present participle two-timing, simple past and past participle two-timed)
- To be unfaithful to one's (sexual) partner.
- Synonyms:
- behorn, cuckold, cuckoldize, cuck, horn, hornify, put horns on
- To double-cross.
- One cowboy two-timed the other in a poker game.
Adjective
two-timing (not comparable)
- Sexually or romantically unfaithful.
- That two-timing SOB really hurt my feelings.
- The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile,^([sic]) a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death.1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books, page 3
Noun
two-timing (uncountable)
- The practice of being sexually or romantically unfaithful.
- His two-timing wrecked his marriage.
- Synonyms:
- adultery, cheating, cuckoldry, infidelity, promiscuity, unfaithfulness
Synonyms of two-timing
Questions about two-timing
- What does two-timing mean?
- Two-timing means sexually or romantically unfaithful.
- What is two-timing the present participle and gerund of?
- Two-timing is the present participle and gerund of two-time.
- What part of speech is two-timing?
- Two-timing can be an adjective or a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: two-timing (page history and authors); two-time (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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