Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: ink-ing
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ink

noun

An application of ink.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]"
"Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab. The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known."

Usage

Inflected Forms

inkings (plural)

Questions

What does inking mean?: present participle and gerund of ink

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