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Definition: QUILLING |
QUILLINGNoun1. One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band. 2. A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Quill |
Date "QUILLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The quilling operation, early in the making of parachute cloth, consists of winding the fine nylon thread from spools onto small quills. The threads will later be woven into the parachute cloth. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "QUILLING" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 33.33% of the time. "QUILLING" is used about 6 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 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "QUILLING" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Quilling | Last name | 130 | 68,868 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "QUILLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нещо набрано, нещо плисирано, набор (class, composition, draft, draught, frill, furbelow, gathers, intake, matter, pucker, ruck, ruffle, shirr, skirt, typesetting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | péřový materiál. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rüsche (flounce, frill, ruche, ruffle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fodorított szalag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illingquay franzido (corrugated, crimp, crimpy, frilled, gather, pleat, pucker, ruckle), folhos. (various references) рюш (ruche). (various references) nabran porub (furbelow). (various references) encañonado. (various references) rysch (flounce, frill, ruche). (various references) рюш. (various references) vải xếp nếp hình tổ ong. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUILLING": quillings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "QUILLING" (pronounced kwi"ling) |
| 5 | -w i" l i ng | swilling, unwilling, willing. |
| 4 | -i" l i ng | billing, chilling, distilling, drilling, filling, fulfilling, grilling, hilling, instilling, killing, milling, Pilling, rilling, Schilling, shilling, skilling, spilling, thrilling, Tilling, trilling, yearling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-l-n-q-u" | |
-3 letters: lungi, quill. | |
-4 letters: gill, gull, iglu, ling, lung, nill, null, quin. | |
-5 letters: gin, gnu, gul, gun, ill, lin, lug, nil. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-l-n-q-u" | |
+1 letter: quillings. | |
+4 letters: squirrelling. | |
+5 letters: soliloquising, soliloquizing. | |
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