blacking
pronunciation
How to pronounce blacking in British English:
UK ['blækɪŋ]
How to pronounce blacking in American English:
US [ 'blækɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
Word Origin
- blacking (n.)
- "thing which makes (something else) black," 1570s; as "action of making black," c. 1600, verbal noun from black (v.).
Example
- 1. Alice said " they 're done with blacking , I believe . "
- 2. Alice said " they 're done with blacking , I believe " .
- 3. I just remember blacking out and waking up with gabriel leaning over me .
- 4. Where it refers to the practice of utilities intentionally blacking out certain areas to ......
- 5. Functional endoscopic sinus minimally invasive surgery , nasal blacking meterials .