"video gaming" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: video-gaming [alternative], videogaming [alternative]
Etymology: From video + gaming or video game + -ing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|video|gaming}} video + gaming, {{compound|en|video game|-ing}} video game + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} video gaming (uncountable)
  1. The playing of video games or computer games. Tags: uncountable Translations (Translations): videojugación [feminine] (Spanish), videojugamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-video_gaming-en-noun-gP9ryGLJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} video gaming
  1. present participle and gerund of video game Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: video game
    Sense id: en-video_gaming-en-verb-CTV4TMdM Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Recreation Disambiguation of Recreation: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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