culling

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culling

/ˈkʌlɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌlɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cull

noun cullings

countable, uncountable The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal. It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.
countable, uncountable Anything separated or selected from a mass.
UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race. Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.

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@misc{culling_2026,
  title = {culling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/culling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}