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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. The process of cutting a passage through a pillar of coal b. N. of Eng. An opening cut into, or a narrow slice taken off, a pillar in the room-and-pillar system of working coal. A fast junking is a narrow place driven lengthwise in a pillar of coal, but unholed into the room on either side of the pillar. A loose junking is a similar place driven alongthe side of the pillar and open to the room along that side. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | One of the trucks waiting for repairs or junking in FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot, Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "JUNKING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "JUNKING" is used about 9 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) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
car junking | 4 |
junking | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "JUNKING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | wegschmeißend. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | unkingjay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"JUNKING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jankyn, Jongkind, juking, jukun, junki, junkin, Kunkin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "JUNKING" (pronounced ju"ngking) |
| 5 | -u" ng k i ng | debunking, flunking, plunking. |
| 4 | -ng k i ng | banking, blanking, blinking, clanking, cranking, drinking, flanking, franking, honking, linking, nonbanking, planking, plinking, ranking, reinking, rethinking, shrinking, sinking, spanking, stinking, tanking, thanking, unthinking, winking, yanking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flicking, flocking, forking, forsaking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, plucking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shucking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tasking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-j-k-n-n-u" | |
-1 letter: juking, nuking. | |
-3 letters: gink, gunk, jink, jinn, junk, king. | |
-4 letters: gin, gnu, gun, ink, inn, jig, jin, jug, jun, kin, nun. | |
-5 letters: in, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-j-k-n-n-u" | |
+2 letters: junketing. | |
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