"lunching" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: lunchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunching (plural lunchings)
  1. The act of eating lunch. Derived forms: power lunching Translations (act of eating lunch): lunsjing [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-lunching-en-noun-3AY1fAl8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 88 12

Verb

IPA: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ʌntʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lunching
  1. present participle and gerund of lunch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: lunch
    Sense id: en-lunching-en-verb-njQcGkWr

Inflected forms

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