touring
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touring
- /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/
- /ˈtɔːɹɪŋ/
Sounds like Turing (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ʊəɹɪŋ, -ɔːɹɪŋ
adjective
- Working for a short time in different places. a touring company
- Intended for a journey through a country or a region, related to tourism. If you are not using a touring-specific bike and you have large feet, you could have problems with your heels striking your rear panniers. This is one of the very reasons why a touring bike has long chainstays (435mm minimum).
verb
- present participle and gerund of tour
noun tourings
- A touring car. Finally, there was the 40-hp machine from the previous year, on the 120-inch wheelbase and listed in four body styles, tourings and roadsters.
- The process of taking a tour. 2013, Stephen Barber, The Walls of Berlin: Architecture And Oblivion Although that map of Berlin […] formed a seminal projection of the city, it comprised only one in an infinite archive of potential maps, to be generated through ocular tourings of Berlin's urban space.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: itinerant, tourism, touristry, moving, road, traveling, trip, travelling, outing, journey, excursion, roadshow, travel, tourist, trail, walking
Talk about this word "touring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/touring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. touring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/touring "touring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/touring.Cite this
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