sweethearting

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noun

Courting; lovemaking.

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Meanings

nounsweethearting (usually uncountable, plural sweetheartings)

plural sweetheartings

  1. dateduncountableusuallyCourting; lovemaking.

    She met her sweethearts on the street, at the soda fountain, in that trysting place for juvenile sweetheartings, the far corner of the post-office corridor.

    2022, Irvin S. Cobb, Sundry Accounts
  2. uncountableusuallybusinessTheft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family.

Origin

From sweetheart + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

sweethearting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweethearting

MLA

“sweethearting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweethearting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweethearting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweethearting.

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