gerund-participle

noun1

1. •
   The form of an English verb that ends in -ing and can function as a noun, an adjective, or a progressive verb.

   • This amounted to 176 occurrences of the gerund-participle and 49 of the to-infinitive, an interesting statistic in itself, as it confirms the more noun-like character of the gerund-participle, ... — 2014