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volcanoing

volcanoing is the present participle and gerund of volcano.

Meaning of volcano

Verb

volcano (third-person singular simple present volcanos or volcanoes, present participle volcanoing, simple past and past participle volcanoed)

  1. to erupt; to burst forth
    • She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child

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Questions about volcanoing

What is volcanoing the present participle and gerund of?
Volcanoing is the present participle and gerund of volcano.

Words near volcanoing in the dictionary

  1. volcanoes
  2. volcanogenic
  3. volcanogenically
  4. volcanogenous
  5. volcanoglacial
  6. volcanoing
  7. volcanoism
  8. volcanokarst
  9. volcanolike
  10. volcanolithic
  11. volcanologic

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