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colling

colling noun: the act of colling; hugging or embracing. Also the present participle and gerund of coll.

Noun

colling (uncountable)

  1. The act of colling; hugging or embracing.
    • `'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 24

Proper noun capitalized: Colling

Colling

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Also used as

colling is also the present participle and gerund of coll.

Forms of colling

alternative formCowling

Origin of colling

Inherited from Middle English collyng.

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

Questions about colling

What does colling mean?
Colling means the act of colling; hugging or embracing.
What part of speech is colling?
Colling can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near colling in the dictionary

  1. collineated
  2. collineation
  3. collineations
  4. collines
  5. colliness
  6. colling
  7. Collingbourne Ducis
  8. Collingbourne Kingston
  9. Collinge
  10. Collingham
  11. Collings

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