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shoeing

shoeing is the present participle and gerund of shoe.

Noun

shoeing (plural shoeings)

  1. The act of fitting an animal with horseshoes.
  2. (slang) A thrashing.
    • Rags was on the wrong side of a ruck in a training exercise and Woody gave him a shoeing, just as you would to one of the opposition in a match situation.2010, Ronan O'Gara, Ronan O'Gara: My Autobiography, →ISBN, page 85
    • They jump the two babyface performers and give them a shoeing, only to get cleared out of the ring in double quick time.2013, James Dixon, The 3CW Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 147

Meaning of shoe

Verb

shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past shod or shoed, past participle (obsolete) shodden or shod or shoed)

  1. (intransitive) To put shoes on one's own feet.
    • Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent.
  2. (transitive) To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.
    • "Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXII, in Far from the Madding Crowd
  3. (intransitive) To cover an object with a protective layer of material.
    • The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

See all 22 meanings of shoe

Forms of shoeing

pluralshoeings

Words formed from shoeing

Phrases with shoeing

Questions about shoeing

What does shoeing mean?
Shoeing means the act of fitting an animal with horseshoes.
What is shoeing the present participle and gerund of?
Shoeing is the present participle and gerund of shoe.
What part of speech is shoeing?
Shoeing is a noun.
What is the plural of shoeing?
The plural of shoeing is shoeings.

Words near shoeing in the dictionary

  1. shoehorning
  2. shoehorns
  3. shoeicide bomber
  4. shoeicide bombers
  5. shoeies
  6. shoeing
  7. shoeing up
  8. shoeing-horn
  9. shoeing-horns
  10. shoeings
  11. shoeingsmith

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