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battlings

battlings is the plural of battling.

Meaning of battling

Noun (1)

battling (plural battlings)

  1. A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
  2. That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.

Noun (2)

battling (countable and uncountable, plural battlings)

  1. Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling.
  2. Struggling to make a life; doing it hard.
    • We felt sorry for the old pioneer, after a life-time of hard battling.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 47

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Questions about battlings

What is battlings the plural of?
Battlings is the plural of battling.

Words near battlings in the dictionary

  1. battlezones
  2. battlin'
  3. battling
  4. battling it out
  5. battling out
  6. battlings
  7. battner
  8. battners
  9. battological
  10. battologies
  11. battologise

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