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swamping

USSWAHMP-ing/ˈswɑmpɪŋ/UKSWOMP-ing/ˈswɒmpɪŋ/

Noun pluralswampings

2 meanings of swamping

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of swamp.

    Holiday orders are swamping the small bakery's two ovens.

    The crew spent the spring swamping a road up the hollow so the loggers could get their trucks in.

    Note

    Most uses are about overwhelming, by water or by sheer volume: waves swamping a boat, calls swamping a help desk. Appalachian speech keeps a working meaning with no water in it at all, where swamping a road means clearing it of brush so that loggers can reach the trees.

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    An act of drenching something or filling it with water.

    The coastal town has suffered repeated swampings from storm surges.

    After its second swamping of the afternoon, the dinghy was bailed out and towed ashore.

    Similarflooding, inundation, drenching

swamping is a form of swamp

swamp, verb: To overwhelm someone or something, as by making them too busy or by overrunning their capacity. Full entry

Forms
swampswamps he/she/itswamping -ing formswamped past tense, past participle
Spelling
swamp → swamping: add -ing

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