spasming

English

Verb

spasming

1. present participle and gerund of spasm

Noun

spasming (plural spasmings)

1. A spasm.
   • 1989, Jack Stephens, Triangulation, page 97:

     She made only one sound: the rhythmic “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph” of air being shoved from her lungs by weighted urgent spasmings.