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linking

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?l??k??/
  • Rhymes: -??k??
  • Hyphenation: link?ing

Adjective

linking (not comparable)

  1. Serving to connect other things together.
    Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

Noun

linking (plural linkings)

  1. linkage
    • 1986, Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)
      [] I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

Verb

linking

  1. present participle of link
    The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

Anagrams

  • inkling, kilning, klining

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licking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?k??/
  • Rhymes: -?k??

Noun

licking (countable and uncountable, plural lickings)

  1. The act by which something is licked.
  2. (informal) A severe beating.
  3. (informal) A great loss or defeat.
    Our football team took a licking last night.

Translations

Verb

licking

  1. present participle of lick

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