Meaning & use
Erging
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Training or exercising on a rowing machine (an ergometer), especially as practiced by competitive rowers.
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The rowing team spent the winter erging indoors while the river was frozen.
She hates erging more than any other part of rowing practice.
A note on using this word
This word is rowing slang, formed by turning the noun 'erg' (short for ergometer) into a verb; it is common in team and gym contexts but rarely appears in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
rowing indoors
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