boating
/ˈbəʊtɪŋ/US/ˈboʊtɪŋ/
boating noun: the activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. Also the present participle and gerund of boat.
Noun
boating (countable and uncountable, plural boatings)
- The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
- I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe, volume 1, page 95
- With the old boatmen holding annual re-unions at Rolling Green Park, tales and exciting moments of boatings and fishing in the old canal are told and re-told among veteran boatmen.1953, Pennsylvania Angler, volumes 22-23, page 61
- In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
Also used as
boating is also the present participle and gerund of boat.
boating meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
boating in Hindi
- नौका विहार
boating in Urdu
- بوٹنگ
boating in Bengali
- নৌকাবাইচ, নৌকা চালনা
boating in Telugu
- బోటింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
- boating in Malayalam
- ബോട്ടിംഗ്
- boating in Kannada
- ಬೋಟಿಂಗ್
- boating in Punjabi
- ਬੋਟਿੰਗ
- boating in Gujarati
- બોટિંગ
- boating in Odia
- ବୋଟିଙ୍ଗ
- boating in Nepali
- बोटिङ
Forms of boating
| plural | boatings |
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Origin of boating
From boat + -ing.
Words formed from boating
- dragon boating
- nonboating
- playboating
- swifboating
Phrases with boating
Words that rhyme with boating
Questions about boating
- What does boating mean?
- Boating means the activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
- What is boating in Hindi?
- Boating in Hindi is नौका विहार. See Boating meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is boating?
- Boating is a noun.
- How do you pronounce boating?
- Boating is pronounced /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of boating?
- The plural of boating is boatings.
Words near boating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boating (page history and authors); boating (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boating (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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