MINGLING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The action of people mingling and coming into contact

Example:

all the random mingling and idle talk made him hate literary parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mingling" is a kind of...):

social activity (activity considered appropriate on social occasions)

Derivation:

mingle (get involved or mixed-up with)

-ing form of the verb mingle