(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something is ~ing, it has many problems and may soon fail completely.
What a pity that his career was left to ~...
The economy was ~ing.
= founder
VERB: V, V
2.
If you say that someone is ~ing, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do.
Right now, you’ve got a president who’s ~ing, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started...
I know that you’re ~ing around, trying to grasp at any straw.
= dither
VERB: V, V around disapproval
3.
If you ~ in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink.
Three men were ~ing about in the water.
VERB: V adv/prep, also V