Usually means: Pretending or faking with intent.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. shamming: Merriam-Webster
  2. shamming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shamming: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shamming: Vocabulary.com
  5. shamming: Wordnik
  6. shamming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shamming: Wiktionary
  8. shamming: Dictionary.com
  9. Shamming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Shamming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. shamming: FreeDictionary.org
  12. shamming: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shamming: Legal dictionary
  2. shamming: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shamming: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shamming: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sham as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sham)

adjective:  Intended to deceive; false.
adjective:  Counterfeit; unreal.
noun:  A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
noun:  Trickery, hoaxing.
noun:  A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
noun:  A decorative cover for a pillow.
verb:  To deceive, cheat, lie.
verb:  To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
verb:  To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (slang) Clipping of champagne. [(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.]
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