thanking

Verb

thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked)

1. (transitive) To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
   • She thanked him for the lift.
2. (transitive) In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
   • I’ll thank you not to smoke in my house!
3. (rare, transitive) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
   • I should summon my lord from the Queen's royal presence to do your business, should I?—I were like to be thanked with a horse-whip.1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC...
5. (figuratively, transitive) Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
   • We can thank global warming for this freak weather.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To express gratitude.