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eging

eging noun: a style of lure fishing specifically targeting squid (and occasionally cuttlefish) using a specialized wooden or plastic lure called an egi.

Noun

eging (uncountable)

  1. A style of lure fishing specifically targeting squid (and occasionally cuttlefish) using a specialized wooden or plastic lure called an egi.

Origin of eging

Borrowed from Japanese エギング (egingu), a Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from 餌木 (egi) + -ing.

Questions about eging

What does eging mean?
Eging means a style of lure fishing specifically targeting squid (and occasionally cuttlefish) using a specialized wooden or plastic lure called an egi.
What part of speech is eging?
Eging is a noun.

Words near eging in the dictionary

  1. Egham
  2. Eghosa
  3. egi
  4. egiant
  5. egiants
  6. eging
  7. Eginton
  8. Egintons
  9. Egipt
  10. Egipte
  11. egirl

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