ponting
ponting noun: the act of posing until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions.
Noun
ponting (plural pontings)
- the act of posing until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions.
- The whale incident had, of course, inspired numerous quips about Jonah ... This latest mishap revived all the former quizzing about the evil-eye propensities of my camera, and I was once again the butt for no end of twittering about the peril of "ponting" for Ponko... the more I protested... the...2011 October 6, David M. Wilson, The Lost Photographs Of Captain Scott
- After horse exercising I went up the Ramp, and in the afternoon posed, or as we call it here, "ponted" for Ponting with several of the others as a foreground to the hut and Mount Erebus in the cinematograph.2000 November 10, Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
Forms of ponting
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Origin of ponting
From the name of Herbert George Ponting, photographer on Scott's 1910-13 expedition.
Questions about ponting
- What does ponting mean?
- Ponting means the act of posing until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions.
- What part of speech is ponting?
- Ponting is a noun.
- What is the plural of ponting?
- The plural of ponting is pontings.
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