Also Inflected form of beg
begging
beg·ging
noun
1.
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Origin
From Middle English beggin, beggyn, beggyng, (also beggand), present participle of beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ing (participle ending).
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