goring
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goring¹
verb
- present participle and gerund of gore
noun gorings
- The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.
- A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
adjective
- Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
Goring²
Where it comes from
From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
proper noun Gorings
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A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
Similar: Goring-on-Thames
- A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Translations
Talk about this word "goring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. goring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goring "goring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goring.Cite this
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title = {goring},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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