begging

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ

From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg +‎ -ing (gerund ending).

begging (plural beggings)

1. The act of one who begs.
   • 1832, Charles Coleman, The Mythologie of the Hindus: With Plates:

     The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]

2. (in the plural) Money or goods acquired by begging.
   • 1877, All the Year Round (page 468)

     Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare.

• e-begging

From Middle English beggin, beggyn, beggyng, (also beggand), present participle of beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg +‎ -ing (participle ending).

begging

1. present participle and gerund of beg