How do you pronounce milking?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/.

Where does milking come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

milking

/ˈmɪlkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: milk-ing
IPA: /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/

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Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of milk

noun

The act by which any animal is milked.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day."
"The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking."

Etymology

From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mylkand, meolcġende, meolcian, milkinge

Usage

Inflected Forms

milkings (plural)

Derived Forms

postmilking sharemilking

Phrases

milking barn milking booster milking machine milking parlor milking parlour milking table

Rhymes With

bilking