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vumming

vumming is the present participle and gerund of vum.

Meaning of vum

Verb

vum (third-person singular simple present vums, present participle vumming, simple past and past participle vummed)

  1. (US, colloquial) To vow, swear.
    • I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Ch. 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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Questions about vumming

What is vumming the present participle and gerund of?
Vumming is the present participle and gerund of vum.

Words near vumming in the dictionary

  1. vulvovaginitises
  2. vulvular
  3. vulvæ
  4. vum
  5. vummed
  6. vumming
  7. vums
  8. vunerable
  9. Vunjo
  10. Vuoksi River
  11. Vuong

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