# menuing

Pronunciation: say "MEN-yoo-ing" US /ˈmɛnjuɪŋ/, UK /ˈmɛnjuːɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The use of menus to give commands or select options in a graphical user interface.
   - Simple: Using menus to give commands or pick options on a computer screen.
   - _Clear menuing lets users reach any setting within two or three clicks._
   - _Reviewers complained that the program's menuing buried common tasks under too many layers._
2. The act of navigating through a video game's menus to manage inventory, settings, or options.
   - Simple: Moving through the menus in a video game to find options or items.
   - _Sloppy menuing cost him the match while he fumbled for a healing item._
   - _Speedrunners practice their menuing until it becomes pure muscle memory._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of menu. Rare. *(rare)* — present participle and gerund of menu
   - Simple: The -ing form of menu, a rare verb. Use it after is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The chef is menuing three new desserts for the holidays._
   - _Players were menuing frantically as the boss charged its final attack._

## Origin

Formed from "menu" combined with the suffix "-ing".

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