Home › Words › M › mayingmaying/ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/maying means the celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.maying is pronounced /ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing.nounThe celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).