marathoning

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noun

The act of running a marathon.

OriginEnglish marathon ← French marathon →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounmarathoning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of running a marathon.

    Farrell[…

    1988 July 29, Lawrence Rand, “Body Work: training for the triathlon”, in Chicago Reader
verb
  1. participlepresentpresent participle of marathon

Origin

  1. Frenchmarathon
  2. Englishmarathon
  3. Englishmarathoning

From marathon + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

marathoning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marathoning

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marathoning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marathoning.

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