momming
SayMOM-ingUS/ˈmɑmɪŋ/UK/ˈmɒmɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of mom.
Momming three toddlers left her with almost no time to herself.
She spent the holidays momming her entire extended family.
Note
A participle that doubles its final consonant: mom becomes momming, just as hum becomes humming. It serves as a progressive (she is momming the whole team) and as a gerund (momming three toddlers is exhausting). The verb is informal and used in Canada and the US. It is transitive, taking the person cared for as its object, and it is the noun mom put to work as a verb.
momming is a form of mom
mom, verb: To look after someone in a caring, protective manner, the way a mother would. Full entry
- Spelling
- mom → momming: double the m, add -ing
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