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escapings

escapings is the plural of escaping.

Meaning of escaping

Noun

escaping (plural escapings)

  1. The act of one who escapes; an escape.
  2. That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
    • The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper.1947, Joseph Dever, No Lasting Home, page 406

Questions about escapings

What is escapings the plural of?
Escapings is the plural of escaping.

Words near escapings in the dictionary

  1. escapeth
  2. escapeway
  3. escapeways
  4. escaping
  5. escapingly
  6. escapings
  7. escapism
  8. escapisms
  9. escapist
  10. escapistic
  11. escapistically

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