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goring

/ɡˈɔɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
gor-ing
IPA
/ɡˈɔɹɪŋ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gore

noun

The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting

noun

A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

adj

Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

name

A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gorings (plural)

Phrases

Goring-by-Sea

Synonyms

Goring-on-Thames

Homonyms

goehring

Rhymes With

boring scoring exploring ignoring pouring restoring storing roaring soaring flooring snoring warring

Questions

How do you pronounce goring?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɔɹɪŋ/.
What does goring mean?
present participle and gerund of gore
Where does goring come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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