snowing

English

Etymology

From snow (verb).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsnəʊɪŋ/
• (GA) IPA^(key): /ˈsnoʊɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
• Hyphenation: snow‧ing

Verb

snowing

1. present participle and gerund of snow

Noun

snowing (plural snowings)

1. A fall of snow.
   • a. 1852, Thomas Moore, Written in a Common-Place Book:

     And sometimes hours of peace, I own, / Upon some fairer leaves have shown, / White as the snowings of that heaven / By which those hours of peace were given.

Anagrams

• ownings, wonings