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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. Use it after is or was, or as a noun for the action.

    Big waves were swamping the little boat.

    Emails keep swamping my inbox every Monday.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A time when something gets soaked or filled up with water.

    One more swamping like that and the canoe would sink.

    The low fields had three swampings from the river this spring.

    Similarflooding, inundation, drenching

swamping is a form of swamp

swamp, verb: To be too much for someone, or to give them more than they can handle. Full entry

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

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