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chalking out

chalking out is the present participle and gerund of chalk out.

Meaning of chalk out

Verb

chalk out (third-person singular simple present chalks out, present participle chalking out, simple past and past participle chalked out)

  1. (transitive) To draw or write down (something) using chalk.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).
    • I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]
  3. (US, intransitive) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.
    • A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.
  4. (US, intransitive, slang) To die.
  5. (US, slang, transitive) To kill (someone).

Questions about chalking out

What is chalking out the present participle and gerund of?
Chalking out is the present participle and gerund of chalk out.

Words near chalking out in the dictionary

  1. chalking
  2. chalking against
  3. chalking down
  4. chalking it down
  5. chalking off
  6. chalking out
  7. chalking something up to experience
  8. chalking up
  9. chalking up to
  10. chalkings
  11. chalkitis

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