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goatings

goatings is the plural of goating.

Meaning of goating

Noun

goating (countable and uncountable, plural goatings)

  1. A scapegoating.
  2. An event at a fraternal organization, involving scapegoating.
    • The field has been worked over very thoroughly and the spring " goatings " will not be very numerous.1898, The Sigma Chi Quarterly: The Official Organ of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, page 135

Questions about goatings

What is goatings the plural of?
Goatings is the plural of goating.

Words near goatings in the dictionary

  1. goatier
  2. goaties
  3. goatiest
  4. goatiness
  5. goating
  6. goatings
  7. goatish
  8. goatishly
  9. goatishness
  10. goatkeeper
  11. goatkeepers

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