yamming
yamming is the present participle and gerund of yam.
Meaning of yam
Verb (1)
yam (third-person singular simple present yams, present participle yamming, simple past and past participle yammed)
- To eat.
- “If I was that snake I’d just open my jaw and yam that fool up in one bite!”2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 78
Verb (2)
yam (third-person singular simple present yams, present participle yamming, simple past and past participle yammed)
- To dunk on; to beat humiliatingly.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:yam.
Questions about yamming
- What is yamming the present participle and gerund of?
- Yamming is the present participle and gerund of yam.
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