Word.ws English Dictionary

poisings

/ˈpɔɪzɪŋz/

poisings is the plural of poising.

Meaning of poising

Noun

poising (plural poisings)

  1. The act by which something is poised.
    • And then his father came up beside him where he stood before a tattered last year's circus poster on the other side of the store, gazing rapt and quiet at the scarlet horses, the incredible poisings and convolutions of tulle and tights […]1949, William Faulkner, Barn Burning

Questions about poisings

What is poisings the plural of?
Poisings is the plural of poising.
How do you pronounce poisings?
Poisings is pronounced /ˈpɔɪzɪŋz/.

Words near poisings in the dictionary

  1. Poiseuille equation
  2. Poiseuille law
  3. poisha
  4. poishas
  5. poising
  6. poisings
  7. poison
  8. poison arrow
  9. poison arrow frog
  10. poison arrow frogs
  11. poison arrows

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poisings (page history and authors); poising (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “poisings.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/poisings. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.