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browning¹

  • /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aʊnɪŋ

noun brownings

  1. countable, uncountable The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
  2. countable, uncountable Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
  3. countable, uncountable A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
  4. Jamaica, countable A brown-skinned person. One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of brown

Browning²

  • /ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aʊnɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown).

For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

proper noun Brownings

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A person of that surname. Robert Browning, a poet.
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
  6. countable, uncountable A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Glacier County, Montana.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
  9. countable, uncountable A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  10. countable, uncountable A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
  11. countable, uncountable A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
  12. countable, uncountable An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System

    Similar: 25851, 25851 Browning, (25851) Browning, 2000 EE120, (25851) 2000 EE120, 25851 (2000 EE120) Browning, 2000 EE120 Browning, (2000 EE120) Browning, Asteroid Browning

noun Brownings

  1. Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
  2. Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun

    Similar: BAR

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: toasting, rifle, nonenzymatic, ferris, tanning, searing, caramelizing, darkening, bronzing, singeing, blackening, grilling, sautéing, scorching, roasting, frying

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Chicago

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@misc{browning_2026,
  title = {browning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/browning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}