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panning¹

  • /ˈpænɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ænɪŋ

noun pannings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of one who pans, as for gold.
  2. countable, uncountable Material that has been panned. A trace of metazeunerite was identified in pannings from the dump of the upper of the two adits.
  3. countable, uncountable The act by which a sound is panned. The new console supports pannings and fades.
  4. countable, informal, uncountable Thorough criticism. The director's films had received pannings from critics.

    Similar: castigation, chastisement, vituperation, admonishment, blame, brickbatting, censure, onus, criticism, critique, dispraise, discommendation

verb

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

Panning²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Panning.

proper noun Pannings

  1. A surname from German.

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"panning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/panning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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panning. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/panning

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@misc{panning_2026,
  title = {panning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}