gingering
- 1Present participle and gerund of ginger.
The new host is gingering up an old format that had grown stale.
Gingering up a tired campaign with bold slogans was her specialty.
Note
One spelling carries every sense of the verb ginger, so context does the sorting. With an object, it can mean seasoning a dish or livening something up, often with up after it, as in gingering up a speech. In Nigerian use, it can mean giving someone a boost. Without an object, it means moving cautiously, the sense that echoes gingerly. As a gerund, it names the act itself: the gingering of a tired format.
The editor spent the afternoon gingering up a dull opening chapter.
She was gingering along the icy ledge, testing each step.
gingering is a form of ginger
ginger, verb: To season or flavor a dish or drink by adding ginger to it. Full entry
- Spelling
- ginger → gingering: add -ing
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