# honeymooning

Pronunciation: say "HUN-ee-moon-ing" /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of honeymoon. — present participle and gerund of honeymoon
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of honeymoon. Use it after "is" or "are", or as a noun.
   - _Newlyweds honeymooning on the island can book a private sunset cruise._
   - _While they were honeymooning, their friends painted the new apartment._

## Adjective

2. Away on a honeymoon, the trip a newly married couple takes after the wedding.
   - Simple: On the trip that two people take just after they get married.
   - _The resort offers honeymooning couples a private beach and late checkout._
   - _Honeymooning travelers filled every room on the island that June._

## Noun

3. A honeymoon, the trip or vacation a newly married couple takes just after their wedding.
   - Simple: A trip that two people take right after they get married.
   - _After a lavish wedding, their honeymooning was a modest week in a mountain cabin._
   - _Long honeymoonings abroad were once a luxury few couples could afford._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/honeymooning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).