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Also Inflected form of swim

swimming

swim·ming

UK/ˈswɪmɪŋ/ US/ˈswɪmiŋ/ common
noun (1) adjective (2)

noun

1.

the act of swimming

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adjective

1.

filled or brimming with tears

  • “swimming eyes”
  • “watery eyes”
  • “sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid”
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Origin

From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).

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