wifing
SayWYF-ing/ˈwaɪfɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of wife. Colloquial.
Everyone could tell he was wifing her up when he introduced her to his parents.
Wifing a partner brings responsibilities that casual dating never demands.
Note
The silent e of wife drops before -ing, just as hope gives hoping. The form does double duty: it is a progressive verb (he was wifing her) and a gerund that acts like a noun (wifing a partner). The verb behind it means to marry a woman and is colloquial, so the form belongs to casual speech. In formal writing, marrying is the safer choice.
wifing is a form of wife
wife, verb: To marry a woman; to take a woman as one's spouse. Full entry
- Spelling
- wife → wifing: drop the e, add -ing
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