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wargaming

wargaming noun: the playing of war games. Also the present participle and gerund of wargame.

Noun

wargaming (uncountable)

  1. The playing of war games.
    • DARKON The Darkon Wargaming Club, a “full-contact medieval fantasy wargaming group” based in the Washington-Baltimore area, profiled in a documentary by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel .2007 September 9, Dave Kehr, “September Release Schedule”, in New York Times

Also used as

wargaming is also the present participle and gerund of wargame.

Origin of wargaming

From war + gaming.

From wargame + -ing.

Questions about wargaming

What does wargaming mean?
Wargaming means the playing of war games.
What part of speech is wargaming?
Wargaming is a noun.

Words near wargaming in the dictionary

  1. wargame
  2. wargamed
  3. wargamer
  4. wargamers
  5. wargames
  6. wargaming
  7. Wargan
  8. Wargas
  9. wargasm
  10. wargasms
  11. warged

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