Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of phone
nounphoning (plural phonings)
plural phonings
- informalThe act of placing a telephone call.
So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]
2002, Martha Stephens, The Treatment, page 63
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phoning
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APA
phoning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoning
MLA
“phoning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phoning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoning.
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