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How to use takin in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Takin means a goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor. Example: “Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.”

More sentences with takin

  • Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.From the entry take the mickey
  • Look, mami, I got the X if you into takin' drugs.2003 January 7, “In da Club” (track 5), in Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent. From the entry x
  • You go in there without enough men, you’re liable to end up takin’ a dirt nap.1989, Laurence Gonzales, The Still Point, “Anatomy of a Drug Bust”, ‘Two: Fort Harrison’, page 119. From the entry dirt nap
  • Giant pandas, golden monkeys and takins are all to be found there.1979 January 31 [1979 January 16], “Sichuan Animal Preserves”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 487, United States…. From the entry Jiuzhaigou
  • What you reckon kind of pitcher they is takin' down there?”1925, Octavus Roy Cohen, Bigger and Blacker, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →LCCN, →OL. From the entry absotively
  • What we saw was cute-'n'-cuddly Willow, takin' care of her girl and spouting nauseating platitudes like "You're my always."2001 May 6, Lord Usher, “I hate Willow. ("Tough Love" spoilers)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Dec…. From the entry always
  • I'm takin' a powder from this toy mob.1933, Raymond Chandler, “Blackmailers Don't Shoot”, in Collected Stories, Everyman's Library, published 2002, page 20. From the entry take a powder
  • "Pawpaw's takin' a nap," he'd said.2008, Sandra Marton, Sarah Mayberry, Emilie Rose, Hot City Nights, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry pawpaw
  • I'm takin' no memories wi' me.1985, Stephen Lowe, “Moving Pictures”, in Moving Pictures: Four Plays (Methuen New Theatrescript), London; New York, N.Y.: Methuen, →ISBN…. From the entry malarkey
  • But he bes rich — rich as any marchant — an' for the bread an' the fixin's an' the gold she bes takin' 'im."1916, The Windsor Magazine - Volume 44, page 353. From the entry bes
  • "Then supposin' you show me the color o' your money?" he growled, "come, money fust; I aren't takin' no more risks." For answer I laid the coins before him.2022, Jeffery Farnol, The Broad Highway. From the entry color of someone's money
  • And Martha thought these fine ladies were that flickersome, all milk o' human kindness when it wahn't no use, and stones o' granite when takin' trouble might come handy.1920, Greville Macdonald, The North Door. From the entry flickersome

Meaning of takin

  1. noun A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.

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Questions about takin in a sentence

How do you use takin in a sentence?
Takin is used as a noun. For example: “Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.”
What is a short sentence with takin?
“"Pawpaw's takin' a nap," he'd said.”
What does takin mean?
Takin means a goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.

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