different between liming vs limbing
liming
English
Alternative forms
- limin'
- lyming
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “needs cleaning up. folk etymologies in here?”)
The word is associated with sitting under a lime tree, or having nothing more demanding to do than squeezing limes. It is also thought to originate from "limey", a slang term meaning a British serviceman during World War II (noted for hanging around bars and drinking).
Verb
liming
- present participle of lime
- (Caribbean, Jamaican, Trinidad and Tobago, slang) hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene.
- "No Liming or Loitering - No Shouting or Loud Noise" (written on a sign in Port of Spain shopping mall).
Quotations
- Lionel Ritchie. All Night Long (pop song, verse 2):
- We're going to party, liming, Fiesta, forever
- Come on and sing along.
Noun
liming (plural limings)
- An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide).
- The land required frequent limings.
liming From the web:
- what liming means
- what liming material contains magnesium
- liming what does that mean
- what is liming wax
- what does liming wax do
- what is liming wax used for
- what is liming in trinidad
- what is liming in fish pond
limbing
English
Verb
limbing
- present participle of limb
limbing From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- liming vs limbing
- terms vs omening
- omening vs opening
- terms vs enameling
- enameling vs enamelling
- enameling vs enamelin
- reedists vs redists
- reshifts vs preshifts
- reshifts vs redshifts
- presifts vs preshifts
- recs vs refs
- secs vs recs
- recs vs recks
- recs vs rocs
- prems vs preys
- prems vs press
- prems vs pres
- brains vs brans
- brang vs brans
- brane vs brans