prepping

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛpɪŋ/

prepping

1. present participle and gerund of prep

prepping (uncountable)

1. The action or process of preparing something, or preparing for something.

   The prepping of this salad will seem easy in comparison with the cooking and baking we've been doing.

   1. (Canada, US) The practice of making active preparations for a possible catastrophic disaster or emergency, typically by stockpiling food, ammunition, and other supplies.

      Hyponym: (extreme degree) survivalism

      Prepping doesn't have to be hard; there are lots of easy things you can do to make sure that you have water, food, medicine, and warmth in the event of a power outage.

• “prepping”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.