crowding

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/ˈkɹaʊdɪŋ/

noun

The act by which somebody is crowded.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crowd
nouncrowding (plural crowdings)

plural crowdings

  1. The act by which somebody is crowded.

    To Johnson Life was as a Prison, to be endured with heroic faith: to Hume it was little more than a foolish Bartholomew-Fair Show-booth, with the foolish crowdings and elbowings of which it was not worth while to quarrel[…]

    1832, Thomas Carlyle, “Boswell's Life of Johnson”, in Fraser's Magazine

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“crowding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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