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Definition: FERRETING |
FERRETINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Ferret |
Date "FERRETING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1700. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Korea | The Supreme Prosecutor in each province is responsible for ferreting out corruption. (references) |
Egypt | Egyptians with whom an American will deal in business are often trilingual (English-French-Arabic), well-traveled individuals who pride themselves on ferreting out good deals at decent prices. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "FERRETING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 86.05% of the time. "FERRETING" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 86.05% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.98% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.65% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "FERRETING": ferreting-out. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ferreting | 12 |
equipment ferreting | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FERRETING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | aufspürend. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | ×—×˜×˜× ×™ (digging, meticulous). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | shelg lesh kayt ny giark. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | erretingfay выпытывать хорек. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FERRETING": ferretings. (additional references) | |
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"FERRETING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fahrettin, Farentino, fermetoun, fernting, Ferrarini, ferretings, Ferrishyn, ferrozine, fertig, ferting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FERRETING" (pronounced fe"ruting) |
| 6 | -e" r u t i ng | inheriting. |
| 5 | -r u t i ng | dispiriting, misinterpreting, pirating, reinterpreting. |
| 4 | -u t i ng | accrediting, attributing, auditing, balloting, blanketing, budgeting, carpeting, cohabiting, crediting, depositing, dieting, discrediting, disquieting, editing, eliciting, exhibiting, exiting, fidgeting, forfeiting, inhabiting, inhibiting, limiting, marketing, orbiting, picketing, piloting, plummeting, pocketing, profiting, prohibiting, quieting, ratcheting, remarketing, revisiting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, skyrocketing, soliciting, targeting, telemarketing, ticketing, trumpeting, visiting, vomiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, disputing, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, Fetting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, pinpointing, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, prognosticating, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revolting, rewriting, roasting, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fingerer. | |
-2 letters: feigner, fernier, ferrite, freeing, grifter, integer, reefing, refiner, reinter, rentier, terrine, treeing. | |
-3 letters: engirt, entire, erring, feeing, ferine, ferret, feting, finger, fringe, gerent, refine, refire, regent, regret, renter, retine, retire, ringer, teeing, triene. | |
-4 letters: egret, enter, feign, feint, finer, firer, freer, frere, frier, genet, genie, genre, green, greet, grief, grift, inert, infer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: ferretings, gentrifier. | |
+2 letters: ferrimagnet, freewriting, gentrifiers, interfering, refiltering, reforesting, refrigerant. | |
+3 letters: birefringent, ferrimagnets, freewritings, intergrafted, profiteering, recentrifuge, recertifying, refrigerants. | |
+4 letters: antiforeigner, argentiferous, butterfingers, ferrimagnetic, ferromagnetic, fingerprinted, foregathering, garnetiferous, interferogram, precertifying, prefigurement, reafforesting, recentrifuged, recentrifuges, refrigerating, refrigeration. | |
+5 letters: butterfingered, electroforming, ferrimagnetism, ferromagnetism, foreshortening, interferograms, prefigurements, recentrifuging, reflectorizing, refrigerations, retransferring, unrefrigerated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 45 52 52 45 54 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . .-. .-. . - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000101 01010010 01010010 01000101 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F E R R E T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0045 0052 0052 0045 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)403952523954434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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