DMing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of DM.

   Fans spent the whole night DMing the band hoping for a reply.

   She loves DMing memes to her group chat the moment she finds them.

   Note

   One spelling carries two unrelated verbs. Online, DMing means sending direct messages, usually on social media, and it is transitive: you are DMing someone, or DMing a photo to a friend. At the gaming table it means running a role-playing game as dungeon master, the activity the noun for the craft also names. The object usually settles which is meant: a person or a message points to messaging.

2. 2
   noununcountableabbreviation

   Abbreviation of Dungeon Mastering.

   Good DMing keeps every player engaged in the unfolding story.

   She credits years of DMing for her quick improvising at the table.

   Note

   Spelled out, it is Dungeon Mastering, the work of running a tabletop role-playing game, especially Dungeons & Dragons. As a noun it is uncountable. People speak of good DMing or years of DMing, never of a DMing or several DMings. It names the craft as a whole, so it sits naturally after words of quality and duration rather than after numbers.

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