circumcising

Verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
   • The woman then explained [...] "I was married to this husband, who is one of their great men, and who is, moreover, a Jew, for there are different religions among them; and I also am a Jewess: and when this child was born, I spake unto my husband, and entreated of him, that he would get a Moohel to...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 349
2. (proscribed, sometimes) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
3. (slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.