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sluicing

sluicing noun: the act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching. Also the present participle and gerund of sluice.

Noun

sluicing (countable and uncountable, plural sluicings)

  1. The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
  2. A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.

Also used as

sluicing is also the present participle and gerund of sluice.

Forms of sluicing

Adjective
comparativemore sluicing
superlativemost sluicing
Noun
pluralsluicings

Origin of sluicing

(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.

Words formed from sluicing

Phrases with sluicing

Questions about sluicing

What does sluicing mean?
Sluicing means the act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
What part of speech is sluicing?
Sluicing is a noun.
What is the plural of sluicing?
The plural of sluicing is sluicings.

Words near sluicing in the dictionary

  1. sluices
  2. sluices one's bolt
  3. sluices out
  4. sluiceway
  5. sluiceways
  6. sluicing
  7. sluicing one's bolt
  8. sluicing out
  9. sluicingly
  10. sluicings
  11. sluicy

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