rowing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of row (“propel with oars”)
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of row (“to argue noisily”)

noun

1. (uncountable)The action of the verb to row.
2. (uncountable)The action of propelling a boat with oars.
3. (uncountable)The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
4. (countable, uncountable)The act of having a row, or argument.

   “She and Ricketts — that's his father — just disgraced the neighbourhood with their rowings and their sprees […]”