Home › Words › M › mermaidingmermaidingmermaiding means the practice of swimming while wearing an artificial mermaid tail.EtymologyFrom mermaid + -ing.nounThe practice of swimming while wearing an artificial mermaid tail.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mermaidy 68% match — mermaidlike vs mermaiding →mermaiden 65% match — A mermaid; a maiden of the sea; a siren. vs mermaiding →mermaidish 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid. vs mermaiding →mermaid 62% match — A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. vs mermaiding →seamaid 62% match — A mermaid. vs mermaiding →merman 59% match — A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. vs mermaiding →mermouse 58% match — A mermaid mouse; a sea mouse. vs mermaiding →merparent 58% match — A parent who is a merperson. vs mermaiding →