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The AnswerMug Challenge Series, Gerund Body Edition: how many body parts can you list that are also verbs, BUT . . .


. . . can also be valid words expressed as gerunds (words ending with -ing)?

EXAMPLES:

Arching, boning, eyeing, footing, gutting, heading, indexing, jawing, kneeing, etc. 

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Posted - December 24, 2017

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  • 5835
    Wha -

    What was that?

    What was that THING that went flying through here? Spilling words all over? What was that?
      December 24, 2017 12:28 AM MST
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  • 5354
    Arming
    Legging (it)
    elbowing (others out of your way)
    Nosing (around)
    toeing (the line)
    fingering (the merchandise)
    eyeing (the girls)
    mouthing (platitudes)
    jawing (talking a lot)
    fisting (a sexual act)
    butting (in) This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at December 24, 2017 7:55 AM MST
      December 24, 2017 2:32 AM MST
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  • "Stomach"  
    verb
      gerund or present participle: stomaching

         consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.

         endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person).
      December 24, 2017 2:58 AM MST
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  • Bumming
      December 24, 2017 3:10 AM MST
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  • 34251
    Eyeballing (glare)
    Thumbing (hitch hike)
    . ..  Lipping (complain)
    Mouthing (the words)
    Elbowing (elebow as weapon)
    Shouldering (carry)
    Backing (endorsement)
    Nailing (did perfectly)
    Nosing (snooping)
    Teething (baby teeth pain)
    Head butting (using head as a weapon)...a twofer
    fingering (touch)
    Necking (making out)
    Facing (confront)
    Ribbing (joke)




    This post was edited by my2cents at December 24, 2017 3:41 PM MST
      December 24, 2017 5:18 AM MST
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  • 53504


    Thank you; that's a terrific list!





      December 24, 2017 4:06 PM MST
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  • 3191
    Hoofing
    Tailing
    Winging
    Clawing
    Pawing
    Furring
    Scaling
    Finning
    Gilling
    Scalping
    Tonguing
    Braining
    Nippling
    Skinning

    (You did not specify human body parts.) 
      December 24, 2017 6:07 AM MST
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  • 53504


     Finning?
    Gilling?
    __
      December 24, 2017 7:53 AM MST
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  • 3191

    finning

    verb (used with object), finned, fin·ning.
    to cut off the fins from (a fish); carve or cut up, as a chub.
    to provide or equip with a fin or fins.
    verb (used without object), finned, fin·ning.
    to move the fins; lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying.

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/finning

    Finning
    Finning is when a person excessively gets mad over a simple subject. It usually results in the throwing or tipping over of the nearest object.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=finning&=true


    v. gilled, gill·ing, gills
    v.tr.
    1. To catch (fish) in a gill net.
    2. To gut or clean (fish).
    v.intr.
    To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.

    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/gilling

    Gilling
    creating an act of talent for a celebrity crush and successfully getting them to contact you.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=Gilling&=true
    This post was edited by Bozette at December 24, 2017 10:11 AM MST
      December 24, 2017 8:29 AM MST
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  • 53504
    Thank you, they're in!
    ~
      December 24, 2017 10:11 AM MST
    1

  • 216
    Scalping
    Gumming
    Skinning
    Nailing
    Lashing
    Waxing (ear wax-it counts)
    Tonguing
    Ribbing
    Facing
    Humping (Quasimodo will tell you that is a real body part)
    Muscleing
    Busting (applies to female body parts)
    Dimpeling



      December 24, 2017 6:29 AM MST
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  • 53504


    All except "waxing".  Great job!
    ~
      December 24, 2017 7:52 AM MST
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  • 216
    Waxing is acceptable. Ear wax is a part of the ears natural dirt eliminating process. It is produced in the body, therefore, it's a part of the body. 
     
      December 24, 2017 9:41 AM MST
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  • 53504


    I'm not implying that ear wax is not "part" of the body, just that it is nor not a body part. Like all other bodily fluids (blood, urine, saliva, etc) and things such as testosterone, estrogen, chromosomes, synapses, proteins, enzymes, bacteria, oxygen, nitrogen, etc, that make up the body, it can be argued that they are parts of the body but are not specifically body parts
    ~ This post was edited by Randy D at December 24, 2017 2:59 PM MST
      December 24, 2017 10:10 AM MST
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  • 216
    Hey! Aren’t the the guy who was supposed to making me a sammich? 
      December 24, 2017 1:55 PM MST
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  • 53504


    (the the)?
      December 24, 2017 2:55 PM MST
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  • 216
    I can see you are going to be trouble. When I'm on my phone, it's hard to see the screen and mistakes happen. Not the first and won't be the last. Good thing I don't sweat the small stuff. 
      December 24, 2017 11:50 PM MST
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  • 5354
    Obviously the intended writing was *thee the* making the meaning that you were supposed to make the clever and sincere lady an sandwich instead of farting around and asking highfalutin questions about the uses of peoples body parts. This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at December 25, 2017 7:49 PM MST
      December 25, 2017 7:49 AM MST
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  • 17592
    heading
    handing
    skinning
    kneeing
    elbowing
    nailing
      December 24, 2017 7:47 AM MST
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  • 22891
    none
      December 24, 2017 3:22 PM MST
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