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Meaning of swamping

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

swamping

verb

Definitions

  1. To drench or fill with water.

    Example: The boat was swamped in the storm.

  2. To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

    Example: I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.

  3. To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

noun

Definitions

  1. An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).