blueberrying

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English

blueberrying

Etymology

From blueberry +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbluːbəɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈbluːbɹi.ɪŋ/
  • (Us) IPA(key): /ˈbluˌbɛɹi.ɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

blueberrying (uncountable)

  1. The act of gathering blueberries.
    • 1908, Henry James Smith, Amédée's Son, Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1908, page 91:
      The best barrens for blueberrying lay across the harbor.
    • 1935, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography, University of Wisconsin Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 231:
      Most joyously recalled is the blueberrying — a pleasure I had not had since my youthful days. Huge ones they, hanging thick and easy; that night when I shut my eyes I saw blueberries, a dense pattern, like wallpaper.
    • 2008, Carrie Jones, Love (And Other Uses for Duct Tape), Flux, published 2008, →ISBN, page 74:
      No work except for blueberrying in August, crab picking occasionally, and making pine wreaths in December.

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Verb

blueberrying

  1. present participle and gerund of blueberry