1. Also called (esp for instrumental compositions): duo
a musical composition for two performers or voices
2.
an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals
verbWord forms: duets, duetting or duetted
3. (intransitive)
to perform a duet
Derived forms
duettist (duˈettist)
noun
Word origin
C18: from Italian duetto a little duet, from duo duet, from Latin: two
duetting in American English
(duːˈetɪŋ, djuː-)
noun
Animal Behavior
turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern
Word origin
[duet + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'duetting' in a sentence
duetting
The pair breathe as one, whether ducking, weaving or duetting with glee.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So were they duetting as equals that evening?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Take the siblings' very different experiences of duetting with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the game comes alive with other people - either duetting by passing the mic or competing head-to-head in a soundclash.
The Sun (2010)
Only after they graduated did they give duetting another crack, this time with a piano each.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Here, instead, she too often insisted on playing along: yelping in a melodrama and duetting in a folk song.