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Meaning of "shamming" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHAMMING

shamming play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAMMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shamming is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shamming in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHAMMING

PRESENT

Present
I sham
you sham
he/she/it shams
we sham
you sham
they sham
Present continuous
I am shamming
you are shamming
he/she/it is shamming
we are shamming
you are shamming
they are shamming
Present perfect
I have shammed
you have shammed
he/she/it has shammed
we have shammed
you have shammed
they have shammed
Present perfect continuous
I have been shamming
you have been shamming
he/she/it has been shamming
we have been shamming
you have been shamming
they have been shamming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shammed
you shammed
he/she/it shammed
we shammed
you shammed
they shammed
Past continuous
I was shamming
you were shamming
he/she/it was shamming
we were shamming
you were shamming
they were shamming
Past perfect
I had shammed
you had shammed
he/she/it had shammed
we had shammed
you had shammed
they had shammed
Past perfect continuous
I had been shamming
you had been shamming
he/she/it had been shamming
we had been shamming
you had been shamming
they had been shamming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sham
you will sham
he/she/it will sham
we will sham
you will sham
they will sham
Future continuous
I will be shamming
you will be shamming
he/she/it will be shamming
we will be shamming
you will be shamming
they will be shamming
Future perfect
I will have shammed
you will have shammed
he/she/it will have shammed
we will have shammed
you will have shammed
they will have shammed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shamming
you will have been shamming
he/she/it will have been shamming
we will have been shamming
you will have been shamming
they will have been shamming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shamming
you would shamming
he/she/it would shamming
we would shamming
you would shamming
they would shamming
Conditional continuous
I would be shamming
you would be shamming
he/she/it would be shamming
we would be shamming
you would be shamming
they would be shamming
Conditional perfect
I would have shamming
you would have shamming
he/she/it would have shamming
we would have shamming
you would have shamming
they would have shamming
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shamming
you would have been shamming
he/she/it would have been shamming
we would have been shamming
you would have been shamming
they would have been shamming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sham
we let´s sham
you sham
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sham
Past participle
shammed
Present Participle
shamming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHAMMING

shaming
Shamir
shamisen
shamiyanah
shammash
shammashim
shammed
shammer
shammes
shammies
shammosim
shammy
shammy leather
Shamo
shamois
shamoy
shampoo
shampooer
shamrock
shamus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHAMMING

becoming
brimming
bumming
computer programming
dimming
drumming
gumming
humming
jamming
programming
ramming
rimming
skimming
slamming
slimming
spamming
stemming
strumming
summing
swimming
trimming

Synonyms and antonyms of shamming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHAMMING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shamming» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shamming

Translation of «shamming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHAMMING

Find out the translation of shamming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shamming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shamming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

我国假冒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imposturas
570 millions of speakers

English

shamming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shamming
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التزييف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

притворяется
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trapaça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shamming
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shamming
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shamming
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shamming
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shamming
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shamming
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shamming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shamming
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shamming
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shamming
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fingendosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podszywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикидається
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preface
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιμείται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shamming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shamming
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shamming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shamming

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAMMING»

The term «shamming» is normally little used and occupies the 143.053 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHAMMING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shamming» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shamming» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shamming

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAMMING»

Discover the use of shamming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shamming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
For refusing to do his work, and when he was fainting, or shamming fainting, when he has been in the jacket. 4999. How could he be refusing to do his work when he was in the jacket ? — He refused to do his work, and then he was placed in ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1854
2
Folk Traditions of the Arab World: A Guide to Motif ...
(Cf. K649.4.1§); Type: 857§. n Pen, BAHRAIN:- el-Shamy "Arab Women" No. 49. K520, Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. K521.1, Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin. Type: 533A§, 1137. D NLV, EGYPT.
Hasan M. El-Shamy, 1995
3
Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mind (Routledge Revivals)
One of the reasons for the sceptic to say that we can never pass correct judgements about the 'inner states' of others is the possibility of pretence or shamming by other persons. To this, Wittgenstein would reply that some types of behaviour ...
Ashok Vohra, 2014
4
Sex, Sickness, and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South
Instead, the mistress gave the woman the broken pitcher, which she later broke into pieces to decorate her husband's grave.59 Shamming could be emotional as well as physical, directed at blacks as well as whites. In another story, Gonzales ...
Marli F. Weiner, 2012
5
Reading Fictions, 1660-1740: Deception in English Literary ...
The next two chapters explore the fashion for shamming in the later seventeenth century. Chapter 2 concentrates on a single work, A True and Exact Relation of the Strange Finding Out of Moses his Tombe (1657). This pamphlet purported to  ...
Kate Loveman, 2008
6
The Jacobite Relics of Scotland; Being the Songs, Airs, and ...
Though four in the morning Are Tyburn adorning, He cries out for a score a-time, to get his men their learning. No shamming, &c. Now we have sounded The bottom which confounded Our plotting parliament of late, who had our king ...
‎1819
7
The Jacobite Relics of Scotland: Being the Songs, Airs, and ...
Being the Songs, Airs, and Legends, of the Adherents to the House of Stuart. Though four in the morning, Are Tyburn adorning, He cries out for a score a-time, to get his men their learning. N0 shamming, &c. Now we have sounded The bottom ...
‎1819
8
Comic Theaters: Studies in Performance and Audience Response
4 Shamming Illness and Shamming Identity: Doctors and Actors in Le malade imaginaire Here lies one who is said to be dead. I don't know if he is, or if he is sleeping. His Malade Imaginaire could not have caused his death. It is a trick he is ...
William E. Gruber, 2011
9
The Concept of Mind
Certainly we do not ordinarily feel practically embarrassed by this possibility, but some people feel a theoretical embarrassment, since if any particular action or reaction might be a piece of shamming, might not every action or reaction be a ...
Gilbert Ryle, 2012
10
Madness Is Civilization: When the Diagnosis Was Social, ...
But this was only a microcosm of the destructive impact of shamming on the United States as a whole. Henry also wrote: An outstanding example of social sham on a large scale in our society is the condition of the Negro, who lives like a rat, ...
Michael E. Staub, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAMMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shamming is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iggy Azalea Talks Body Insecurities and ''Embracing Your Flaws …
... say I've done, I haven't," she told fans via Twitter. "Cosmetic surgery can be great, happy with mine," she added. "What's wrong is ppl body shamming others. «E! Online, Jun 15»
2
Washington teen jumps to death after being shamed in online video …
The original video of the shamming was reportedly stripped from YouTube but a friend of the late teen shared a copy he recorded on a cell phone, Jezebel ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
3
Oops! Lilly Pulitzer Is Getting Major Backlash for the Fat-Shaming …
When allowing the media to photograph your headquarters, it's best to take down offensive, fat-shamming cartoons. But it's better if you never had them up to ... «E! Online, May 15»
4
Scott Disick Criticizes Kourtney Kardashian For Being Fat: Fat …
Fat-shamming the mother of his three kids is what we'd expect from Scott. Scott Disick has always been extremely tough on Kourtney Kardashian and her ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, May 15»
5
Cumming residents hot and bothered about planned adults-only hotel
Author takes fat-shamming experience & turns it into a discussion. Does it matter if Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system? More Americans than ever admit ... «Buffalo Sun Times, May 15»
6
DFAC or chow hall? Different names for the same things across the …
When a sailor or Marine wants to get out of duty, they “skate” out of it. The Army equivalent is “shamming.” For all the services, shamming or skating by claiming ... «We Are The Mighty, Apr 15»
7
23 Terms Only US Marines Will Understand
Soldiers call this behavior “shamming,” but Marines can “skate” out of boring tasks by avoiding them somehow, usually by getting a dental appointment. And of ... «We Are The Mighty, Mar 15»
8
Amber Rose Fires Back at 'S**t-Shamming' Critics With Skimpy …
Amber Rose Fires Back at 'S**t-Shamming' Critics With Skimpy Lingerie Selfie. March 09, 2015 03:33:28 GMT. The 31-year-old model took to Instagram to share ... «AceShowbiz, Mar 15»
9
Was he Shamming...?
'Shamitabh' has been evoking extreme responses from fans, critics and those who worked in the film. I think the reviews would have been more favourable if ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
10
A new online photo project tackles body shaming of women
Women is a new online photography project that deals with the issue of fat shamming in our society. Women today have been held to a particular standard when ... «National Monitor, Jan 15»

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