brandishing

English

Verb

brandishing

1. present participle and gerund of brandish

Noun

brandishing (plural brandishings)

1. The action of the verb to brandish.
   • 1989, Richard Bauman, Joel Sherzer, Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking, page 195:

     He stands there and launches into a tauparapara or traditional chant, accompanied by vigorous actions and defiant brandishings of his stick.