| beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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| blacktopping | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktop |
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| bookkeeping | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: clerking |
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| burping | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, eructation |
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| camping | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, encampment, tenting |
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| carping | (noun) persistent petty and unjustified criticism | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| chipping | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, splintering |
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| chomping | (noun) the act of chewing noisily | - |
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| clapping | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: applause, hand clapping |
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| clipping | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, snip |
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| (noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
| (noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting |
| clopping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking |
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| clumping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking |
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| coping | (noun) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | Synonyms: cope, header |
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| creeping | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep |
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| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| developing | (noun) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible | Synonyms: development |
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| dripping | (noun) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) | Synonyms: drippage |
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| (noun) the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop | Synonyms: drip |
| dumping | (noun) selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market | - |
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| equipping | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, arming |
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| flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
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| glamping | (noun) Camping glamorously, i.e., with expensive equipment | - |
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| gossiping | (noun) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | Synonyms: gossipmongering |
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| grasping | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: prehension, seizing, taking hold |
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| (noun) understanding with difficulty | - |
| griping | (noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) | Synonyms: colic, gripes, intestinal colic |
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| grouping | (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Synonyms: group |
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| (noun) the activity of putting things together in groups | - |
| (noun) a system for classifying things into groups | Synonyms: pigeonholing |
| gulping | (noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | Synonyms: guzzling, swilling |
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| (noun) a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing | Synonyms: gulp |
| helping | (noun) an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | Synonyms: portion, serving |
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| horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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| housekeeping | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housework |
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| jumping | (noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump | - |
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| (noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground | Synonyms: jump |
| keeping | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: guardianship, safekeeping |
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| (noun) conformity or harmony | - |
| (noun) the act of retaining something | Synonyms: holding, retention |
| kidnapping | (noun) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment | Synonyms: snatch |
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| landscaping | (noun) working as a landscape gardener | Synonyms: landscape gardening |
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| (noun) a garden laid out for esthetic effect | - |
| lapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, overlapping |
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| leaping | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, saltation, spring |
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| limping | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness |
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| looping | (noun) (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained | Synonyms: iteration |
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| mapping | (noun) (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome | Synonyms: chromosome mapping |
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| (noun) the process of making maps | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: function, map, mathematical function, single-valued function |
| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| mopping | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: swabbing |
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| outcropping | (noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land | Synonyms: outcrop, rock outcrop |
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| overlapping | (noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) | Synonyms: imbrication, lapping |
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| peacekeeping | (noun) the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) | Synonyms: peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation |
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| ping | (noun) a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal) | - |
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| piping | (noun) playing a pipe or the bagpipes | - |
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| (noun) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | Synonyms: pipage, pipe |
| (noun) a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems | - |
| popping | (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: pop |
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| primping | (noun) careful or finicky grooming | - |
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| rasping | (noun) uttering in an irritated tone | Synonyms: rasp |
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| roping | (noun) capturing cattle or horses with a lasso | - |
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| safekeeping | (noun) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | Synonyms: guardianship, keeping |
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| scraping | (noun) a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) | Synonyms: scrape |
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| (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scratch, scratching |
| (noun) (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected | - |
| shaping | (noun) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | Synonyms: formation |
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| (noun) any process serving to define the shape of something | Synonyms: defining |
| shipping | (noun) the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials | Synonyms: transport, transportation |
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| (noun) conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry | Synonyms: cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels |
| shopping | (noun) searching for or buying goods or services | - |
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| (noun) the commodities purchased from stores | - |
| showjumping | (noun) riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles | Synonyms: stadium jumping |
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| sleeping | (noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | - |
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| (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| (noun) the state of being asleep | - |
| snipping | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snippet |
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| stopping | (noun) the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch | - |
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| (noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: fillet |
| stovepiping | (noun) retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers | - |
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| striping | (noun) the act of marking with stripes | - |
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| stripping | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, husking, uncovering |
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| stumping | (noun) campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) | - |
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| supping | (noun) ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking | - |
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| sweeping | (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
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| taping | (noun) a recording made on magnetic tape | Synonyms: tape, tape recording |
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| tapping | (noun) the sound of light blow or knock | - |
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| thumping | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thump |
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| timekeeping | (noun) the act or process of determining the time | - |
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| topping | (noun) a flavorful addition on top of a dish | - |
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| trapping | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: caparison, housing |
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| trumping | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: ruff |
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| typing | (noun) writing done with a typewriter | Synonyms: typewriting |
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| vaping | (noun) consumption of a vaporized nicotine solution | - |
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| walloping | (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, whipping |
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| warping | (noun) a moral or mental distortion | Synonyms: warp |
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| weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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| weeping | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, tears |
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| whipping | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning |
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| (noun) the act of overcoming or outdoing | Synonyms: beating |
| (noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally | Synonyms: whipstitch, whipstitching |
| (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping |
| wrapping | (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrap, wrapper |
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| (noun) an enveloping bandage | Synonyms: swathe |
| yelping | (noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | Synonyms: yelp, yip |
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