turning
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turning¹
- /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈtɝ.nɪŋ/ US
- /ˈtɔːn.ɪn/ Northumbria
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English turnyng, turnynge, from Old English tyrning, turnung, equivalent to turn + -ing.
noun turnings
- A turn or deviation from a straight course. Take the second turning on the left.
- At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
- The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.
- The act of one who turns (rotates or twists). Still talking—more to herself than to the children—she swam into a majestical dance of the stateliest balancings, the haughtiest wheelings and turnings aside, the most dignified sinkings, the gravest risings, all joined together by the elaboratest interlacing steps and circles.
- One of the four eras, each lasting for about 21 years, that make up a saeculum according to the Strauss-Howe generational theory. Howe and Strauss predicted that in the Fourth Turning, Millennials would unite behind their president.
- Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe. The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
turning²
- /ˈtɜː.nɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈtɝ.nɪŋ/ US
- /ˈtɔːn.ɪn/ Northumbria
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English turninge, turnynge, turninde, turnand, turnende, from Old English tyrnende, turniende, present participle of Old English tyrnan, turnian (“to turn”). Equivalent to turn + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of turn The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.
