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bruisings

/ˈbɹuːzɪŋz/

bruisings is the plural of bruising.

Meaning of bruising

Noun

bruising (plural bruisings)

  1. (slang) A violent physical attack on a person.
    • You'd better shut up or you'll get a bruising.
  2. Bruises on a person's skin.
    • […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was...1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252

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Questions about bruisings

What is bruisings the plural of?
Bruisings is the plural of bruising.
How do you pronounce bruisings?
Bruisings is pronounced /ˈbɹuːzɪŋz/.

Words near bruisings in the dictionary

  1. bruisewort
  2. bruiseworts
  3. bruising
  4. bruising up
  5. bruisingly
  6. bruisings
  7. bruisy
  8. bruit
  9. bruited
  10. bruitedst
  11. bruiter

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