Home › Words › S › swallowingswallowingswallowing means the act of swallowing.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, swallowing ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyInherited from Middle English swolwynge; by surface analysis, swallow + -ing.nounThe act of swallowing.e.g.“Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings.” — 1865, The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume 1, page 354:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).