jailing
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/
jailing is the present participle and gerund of jail.
Meaning of jail
Verb
jail (third-person singular simple present jails, present participle jailing, simple past and past participle jailed)
- To imprison, incarcerate, enjail.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
Noun
jailing (plural jailings)
- An instance of a person being jailed.
- Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
- Synonyms:
- incarceration, imprisonment
Synonyms of jailing
Forms of jailing
| plural | jailings |
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Questions about jailing
- What does jailing mean?
- Jailing means an instance of a person being jailed.
- What is jailing the present participle and gerund of?
- Jailing is the present participle and gerund of jail.
- What part of speech is jailing?
- Jailing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jailing?
- Jailing is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒeɪlɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of jailing?
- The plural of jailing is jailings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jailing (page history and authors); jail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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