interrupting
- 1Present participle and gerund of interrupt.
Constantly interrupting his colleagues eventually damaged his reputation at the office.
The puppy would not stop interrupting our conversation with loud barks.
Note
The -ing form works both as a verb in progress and as a noun-like gerund. Because the verb can take an object or stand alone, both patterns sound natural: you can be interrupting a nap, a speaker or a lecture, or simply apologize for interrupting. The object may be the activity or the person doing it, and in computing a device can be interrupting a computer to demand that a condition be handled.
interrupting is a form of interrupt
interrupt, verb: To disturb or halt an ongoing action or process, or the person carrying it out, by suddenly breaking in, especially by speaking. Full entry
- Forms
- interruptinterrupts he/she/itinterrupting -ing forminterrupted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- interrupt → interrupting: add -ing
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