witchingDefinition of witching noun [mass noun] the practice of witchcraft: [as modifier]:my hideous appearance and witching skillsPhrases the witching hour midnight (with reference to the belief that witches are active and magic takes place at that time). [with allusion to the witching time of night from Shakespeare's Hamlet ( iii. ii. 377)]witching in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of witching in the US English dictionary