nooning
nooning noun: a nap or rest in the middle of the day. Also the present participle and gerund of noon.
Noun
nooning (plural noonings)
- A nap or rest in the middle of the day.
- When the girls went in to dinner the men had finished theirs, and were lounging in the shady yard enjoying their nooning.1896, Various, McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896
- An hour or two passed, and we saw a house in the distance to which we drove,--a humble house, sod-built, like that we had made our nooning in.1899, George Edward Woodberry, Heart of Man
- Synonyms:
- siesta
- A lunch; a meal in the middle of the day.
- Then on to Big Bitter Cottonwood, where we had our nooning among the trees on the wide sandy bed of the stream, which had sunk under ground for many miles, as is the custom of rivers here.1875, Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15
- A German gentleman and his two young-lady daughters had been taking their nooning at the inn, and when they left, just ahead of us, it was plain that their driver was as drunk as ours, and as happy and good-natured, too, which was saying a good deal.1878, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), A Tramp Abroad
Also used as
nooning is also the present participle and gerund of noon.
Examples of nooning in a sentence
- It was the nooning hour, and the men at their limited leisure lay in the sun on the piles of lumber, like lizards.1912, Charles Egbert Craddock, The Ordeal:
- In proper California fashion we made our nooning by the roadside, pulling up under the shade of a hospitable sycamore and turning Sorreltop out to graze.1909, Various, The California Birthday Book:
Synonyms of nooning
Forms of nooning
| plural | noonings |
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Origin of nooning
From noon + -ing.
Questions about nooning
- What does nooning mean?
- Nooning means a nap or rest in the middle of the day.
- How do you use nooning in a sentence?
- It was the nooning hour, and the men at their limited leisure lay in the sun on the piles of lumber, like lizards.
- What part of speech is nooning?
- Nooning is a noun.
- What is the plural of nooning?
- The plural of nooning is noonings.
Words near nooning in the dictionary
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