"swarming" meaning in All languages combined

See swarming on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: swarmings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} swarming (plural swarmings)
  1. The motion of a swarm.
    Sense id: en-swarming-en-noun-XUyQECMq
  2. (colloquial, Canada) A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive. Tags: Canada, colloquial
    Sense id: en-swarming-en-noun-Xravlndg Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Crime Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 72 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 84 8 Disambiguation of Crime: 0 100 0

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} swarming
  1. present participle and gerund of swarm Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: swarm
    Sense id: en-swarming-en-verb-n6wA02ws

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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