phoning

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phoning

/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ UK
/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊnɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of phone

noun phonings

informal The 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 […]

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@misc{phoning_2026,
  title = {phoning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phoning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}