Meaning

2 senses

  1. The motion of a swarm.

  2. (Canada, colloquial)A crime where an unsuspecting innocent bystander is attacked by several culprits at once, with no known motive.

Forms

plural: swarmings
Singularswarming
Pluralswarmings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
swapC1swarmB1swarthyswashbucklingswastika

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