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Definition: Pulling |
PullingNoun1. The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pulling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Industry | Cutting down or extraction of the course laws of furs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A method of reducing or clearing undesirable shrubs or saplings from an area by dragging a heavy chain(generally further weighted by e. g. concrete cylinders or large steel balls)through it between two spaced tractors. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In the dark-fired tobacco regions, the term for taking seedlings from the ground preparatory to setting them out in the field. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The act of chipping. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | The operation of reducing rags and thread waste to a fibrous state. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Process by which wool is removed from the skin of slaughtered animals. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The removal of wool from skins. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Pulling A jockey trick, which used to be called "playing booty"- i.e. appearing to use every effort to come in first, but really determined to lose the race. "Mr. Kemble [in the Iron Chest] gave a slight touch of the jockey, and `played booty.' He seemed to do justice to the play, but really ruined its success."- George Colman the Younger. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PullingSynonym: pull (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Recession | Noun: attraction, attractiveness; attractivity; drawing to, pulling towards, adduction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm only pulling your leg (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) You're like one of those Chatty Cathy dolls except I'm not pulling the string, you are. Blah (Planes, Trains & Automobiles; writing credit: John Hughes.) Me pulling a can off some moron's fist (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) What, you're pulling a gun on me (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.) Stop pulling your sister's hair (Big Daddy; writing credit: Steve Franks) | |
Lyrics | Like a wave you keep pulling me under (I Get Weak; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle) Where are you going, with your long face pulling down (Where Are You Going; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) Last night they loved you, opening doors and pulling some strings, angel (Golden Years; performing artist: DAVID BOWIE) We're tripping all over ourselves and pulling each other down (Where's The Love; performing artist: Hanson) They keep scratching me and pulling me at my coat tail (Get Away; performing artist: Jade) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pulling a Bone (1931) Fine Art of Hair Pulling (1992) | |
Song Titles | Pulling Touch (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) | |
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 | Ox team pulling a cart in the Southeast United States. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Two trucks pulling a third from a mudhole Here and there in Idaho and Montana Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Pulling an oyster-dredge full of oysters aboard the skipjack "DEE" of St. Mary's. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Photo # 4 - Streaming net during trawling operations. Just prior to "shooting the doors" and pulling yellow floats under water. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Helicopter eye view of ship pulling net in circle to capture tuna. Workboat is in lower center of photo and is holding the end of the net. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The net is now closing in a nearly perfect circle. The purse seiner is now starting to pull the net back on board. The workboat is seen to the left and is secured to the ship. It is now acting like a tugboat and is pulling the purse seiner away from the net so that it does not become entangled. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Former Kenco Marine has been purchased by the Muckleshhot Indian Tribe on behalf of the Eliot Bay/ Duwamish River Natural Resource Trustees. The habitat value of the property will be enhanced by removing the structure on the site and pulling back the shoreline to create mudflat, salt marsh, and a riparian buffer habitat for fish and wildlife. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The tug, Scandia, grounded in a winter storm was pulling the North Cape The barge carried approximately 828,000 gallons of home heating when tug and barge grounded in Rhode Island waters. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Figure 9. Sands sounder invented by Commander Benjamin F. Sands, USN, while on duty with the U. S. Coast Survey in 1857. Compression of the spring actuated levers, which separated the symmetric halves of the weight which then fell to the bottom. A valve was actuated creating a void which allowed sediment to enter the tube. Pulling up the line reset the valve capturing the bottom sample. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | The RONALD H. BROWN pulling into Capetown, South Africa at the end of the Aerosols cruise. The flat mountain is Table Mountain, a famous South African landmark. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Barracuda" by Eddie Wilson Commentary: "Pulling the barracuda i just caught out of the water." | "Locomotive" by Kenn W. Kiser Commentary: "Old steam locomotive pulling passenger cars." |
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 | Horses pulling a stagecoach on the pavement and neighing. | | Pulling a lever on a slot machine in a casino. |
| Pulling out a seat belt in the car and buckling it. | | Closing horizontal blinds by pulling on the string, releasing the catch, and letting the blinds roll down. |
| Pulling open a file cabinet drawer. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A young girl was pulling weeds in a field, where a large green poster, probably of a travelling show at some annual fair, fluttered in the wind |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then he put on the cap, and by pulling started the future ruin of the visor |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The vitreous is removed to prevent it from pulling on the retina. (references) | |
Therefore, common surgery for stress incontinence involves pulling the bladder up to a more normal position. (references) | ||
A few days after the medicine starts working, your child may stop pulling on his or her ear and appear to be feeling better. (references) | ||
Business | After experiencing record growth in 1998 and virtually no cost variations, the construction industry in Argentina was slowly pulling out of the 1999 recession. (references) | |
Although U.S. franchising companies tried to get a foothold in the market almost twenty years ago, initial efforts were not successful, resulting in U.S. companies pulling out of the German market. (references) | ||
Economic History | Taiwan | The trend in cross-Strait interaction is one of steady growth with, so far, only temporary setbacks due to political factors such as Lee Teng-hui's private visit to the U.S. in 1995 and his 1999 characterization of relations with the mainland as "state-to-state." Taiwan business representatives have concerns about issues such as safety, corruption, and contract disputes, which have led to increased caution and a search for alternative investment venues but not to pulling out from the mainland altogether. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Many existing investments have scaled back, however; with firms pulling out their expatriates. (references) | |
Ireland | According to a recent business survey, U.S. companies are attracted to Ireland for the following reasons: 1) access to the EU trading bloc; (2) a 10 percent special rate of corporation tax and generous state subsidies; (3) the quality and flexibility of the English-speaking workforce - of all OECD countries, only the Japanese workforce has a higher proportion of trained engineers and scientists; (4) the pulling power of existing companies operating successfully in Ireland (a "bandwagon" effect). (references) | |
Human Rights | Syria | Former prisoners and detainees report that torture methods include administering electrical shocks; pulling out fingernails; forcing objects into the rectum; beating, sometimes while the victim is suspended from the ceiling; hyperextending the spine; and using a chair that bends backwards to asphyxiate the victim or fracture the victim's spine. (references) |
Trade | Taiwan | These regulations have had the effect of preventing engineering consulting companies from setting up branches in Taiwan and, for companies already here, pulling out of the market or undergoing significant management reshuffling. (references) |
Egypt | In many cases, inspectors pulling samples at the port lack the technical expertise in sampling the product. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You cannot help the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | With so many forces pulling us apart, we cannot stop a force like AmeriCorps that's pulling us together. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Pulling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.25% of the time. "Pulling" is used about 2,286 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) | 98.25% | 2,246 | 3,929 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.83% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.52% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,286 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pulling" 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 |
| Pulling | Last name | 200 | 31,309 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "pulling": pulling apart ♦ pulling down ♦ pulling in ♦ pulling machine for sugar ♦ pulling off ♦ pulling out ♦ pulling power ♦ pulling race ♦ pulling smb.'s leg ♦ pulling towards ♦ skin pulling ♦ start pulling ♦ string pulling. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pulling": pulling-and-sailing, pulling-away, pulling-back, pulling-no-punches, pulling-off, pulling-up. | |
Ending with "pulling": crowd-pulling. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "pulling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zbërthim (analysis, decomposition, diffraction, disintegration, dismounting, dispersion, dissolution, pulling apart, resolution, unbuttoning, undoing, unnailing). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | теглителна сила (pull, pulling power, traction). (various references) | |
Chinese | 拉扯 (Pull, Pulled, pull-off, pull-up). (various references) | |
Danish | pudse, trykning (impression, machining, print, printing, working off), træk (pull), rydning v.h.a.kaede udspaendt mellem to traktorer (anchor-chain clearing, chaining), rubning (shearing), hvidgarvning (fellmongering, skin pulling, tawing), fjernelse af ulden fra huden, anlæg af sårsnit over mandshøjde. (various references) | |
Dutch | voorttrekken (drag, tow), verlenging van een harstapvlakte, vergroting van een harstapvlakte, uittrekken en afscheren (shearing), trekken (attract, bend, design, drag, draw, haul, limp, make a draft, make a stroke, migrate, pull, roam, tow, tug, wander, wander about), tractie (traction), scheuren (burst, rip, split, tear), drukken (oppress, press, print, squeeze), bloten (levelling of mole-hills). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylösveto (coming out of hole, pulling out of hole), ylösnosto (coming out of hole, pulling out of hole), vetokoe (pull test, pulling test, tensile test, tensile testing, tension test, traction test), vetää ylös porakaivosta (pulling wells), tahdista putoaminen (asynchronous running, falling out of step, loss of synchronism, pulling out). (various references) | |
French | piquage HAUT, triturer, traction (pull), tirage (pull), dragage, déplacement d'un paquet de lignes, délainage des peaux (skin pulling), délainage, arrachage, éjarrage. (various references) | |
German | Zug (breath, campaign, catch, characteristic, course, draft, drag, draught, drawing, draw-string, drifting, expedition, feature, flight, flock, groove, gulp, haul, lineament, migration, mouthful, move, platoon, procession, puff, pull, section, shoal, slide, stop, strain, streak, stroke, swig, team, tension, touch, traction, train, trait, transmigration, truck and trailer, tug, up draft, up-draught, whiff), ziehend (dragging, hauling), ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, drag, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull, pull out, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, traction, trail, transmigrate, tug, twitch, unsheathe, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), zerrung (sprain, strain trauma), Weißgerberei (fellmongering, skin pulling), verzerrung (bias, contortion, distortion, misrepresentation, parody, perversion, straining), verreissend (pulling to pieces), Rupfen (fleece, gunny, hessian, pick, pluck, pull up), Raufen (brawl, fight, pull, scrap, scuffle, to scuffle, to tussle, tussle), Kabelkranschaufeln (anchor-chain clearing, chaining), Entwollen, Drucklegung (machining, printing, working off), Druck (compression, copy, force, heat, imprint, oppressiveness, press, pressure, print, printing, push, strain, tension, thrust, urgency), Abzupfen (pluck off), Abrupfen. (various references) | |
Greek | έλξη (affinity, attraction, lure, pull, traction), βυθοκαθαρισμός (anchor-chain clearing, chaining), υψηλόν κέντημα, εκτύπωση (impression, press-work, printing, printout), άνοιγμα (aperture, gap, hatch, leak, opening, orifice, sinus), αποψίλωση (desforestation), αφαίρεση των χοντρών τριχών (shearing), τύπωμα (impression, press-work), τράβηγμα (draught, drawing, haul, pull, traction, tug, twitch, withdrawal, withdrawament, yank). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מריטה (plucking), סחיבה (drag, dragging, lug). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vontatás (haul, haulage, tow, towage, towing, traction, tug). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tarikan (attraction, drawing). (various references) | |
Italian | trazione (draft, draught, drive, haul, traction), traino (drawing), tiratura (edition, printing), strappare (extort, extract, get torn, pluck, pull off, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, shred, snatch, snatch away, split, strip, tear, tear off, tug, wrench, wrest, yank), slanatura delle pelli (fellmongering, skin pulling), scapecchiare, innalzamento dell'incisione, decespugliamento a catena (anchor-chain clearing, chaining), éjarrage (shearing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 曳曳 (heaving), 曳々 (heaving). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | えいえい (forever, hard, heaving, unceasing). (various references) | |
Korean | 당김 (Tugging). (various references) | |
Manx | tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pull, suction, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), sluggey (absorption, devour, devouring, draw, engulf, gorge, gorging, gulp, gulping, guzzle, guzzling, slug, suck down; gobbling, sucking, swallow, swallowing, swig). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ullingpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tracção (line stretch, snatch, traction), tiragem (clearing, edition, impression), operação de eliminação de pêlos grosseiros (shearing), incisão alta prolongada, deslanagem das peles (fellmongering, skin pulling), desfibragem, desarbustagem por correntes (anchor-chain clearing, chaining). (various references) | |
Romanian | scoatere (drawing out, pulling out, removal, scoop). (various references) | |
Russian | выталкивать выталкивание. (various references) | |
Scottish | tarruing (attract; v.n. drawing, draw, drawing, pull, ship's). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vučna snaga (pulling power, traction), rušenje (collapse, demolition, destruction, overturn, pulling down, ruination). (various references) | |
Spanish | tracción (press up, pull, pull up, push up, traction). (various references) | |
Swedish | dragande (draft, drag, draught, drawing, lug). (various references) | |
Turkish | çeken (subject, subject to, suffering). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вибирання льону, обскубування (plucking), проривання. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | IdonteV de oi kurioi authV oti exhlqen h elpiV thV ergasiaV autwn epilabomenoi ton paulon kai ton silan eilkusan eiV thn agoran epi touV arcontaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Videntes autem domini eius quia exivit spes quaestus eorum adprehendentes Paulum et Silam perduxerunt in forum ad principes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he wente out in the same our. And the lordis of hir siyen, that the hope of her wynnyng wente awei, and thei token Poul and Silas, and ledden in to the `dom place, to the princis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when her master and mastres sawe yt the hope of their gaynes was gone they caught Paul and Sylas and drue the into the market place vnto the rulars |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers; |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 19 |
| Albanian | Por zotërinjtë e saj, kur panë se u humbi shpresa e fitimit të tyre, i kapën Palin dhe Silën dhe i tërhoqën te sheshi i tregut përpara arkondëve; |
| Cebuano | Apan sa pagkakita sa iyang mga agalon nga nahanaw na ang ilang kalauman sa panapi, ilang gidakop si Pablo ug si Silas ug gitaral sila ngadto sa taboan sa atubangan sa mga punoan. |
| Croatian | Kad njezini gospodari vidješe da im nesta nade u dobit, pograbiše Pavla i Silu te ih odvukoše na trg pred glavare. |
| Danish | Men da hendes Herrer så, at deres Håb om Vinding var forsvundet, grebe de Paulus og Silas og slæbte dem hen på Torvet for Øvrigheden. |
| Dutch | Als nu de heren van dezelve zagen, dat de hoop huns gewins weg was, grepen zij Paulus en Silas, en trokken hen naar de markt voor de oversten. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun hänen isäntänsä näkivät, että tulojen toivo oli heiltä kadonnut, ottivat he Paavalin ja Silaan kiinni ja vetivät heidät torille hallitusmiesten eteen. |
| French | Les maîtres de la servante, voyant disparaître l`espoir de leur gain, se saisirent de Paul et de Silas, et les traînèrent sur la place publique devant les magistrats. |
| German | Da aber die Herren sahen, daß die Hoffnung ihres Gewinnstes war ausgefahren, nahmen sie Paulus und Silas, zogen sie auf den Markt vor die Obersten |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika majikan-majikannya menyadari bahwa kesempatan mereka untuk mendapat uang sudah hilang, mereka menangkap Paulus dan Silas, lalu menyeret kedua-duanya ke alun-alun menghadap yang berwajib. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila dilihat oleh tuan-tuannya, bahwa pengharapan keuntungannya sudah hilang, lalu mereka itu pun memegangkan Paulus dan Silas serta menghela mereka itu ke pekan menghadap orang besar-besar, |
| Italian | Ma vedendo i padroni che era partita anche la speranza del loro guadagno, presero Paolo e Sila e li trascinarono nella piazza principale davanti ai capi della città; |
| Maori | Otira, no te kitenga o ona rangatira kua kore he mahinga moni ma ratou, ka mau ki a Paora raua ko Hira, ka toia ki te kainga hoki ki nga rangatira; |
| Norwegian | Men da hennes herrer så at deres håp om inntekt var ute, tok de fatt på Paulus og Silas og slepte dem avsted til torvet for å stille dem for retten, |
| Portuguese | Ora, vendo seus senhores que a esperança do seu lucro havia desaparecido, prenderam a Paulo e Silas, e os arrastaram para uma praça à presença dos magistrados. |
| Rumanian | Cknd au vqzut stqpknii roabei cq s`a dus nqdejdea ckwtigului lor, au pus mkna pe Pavel wi pe Sila wi i-au tkrkt kn piayq knaintea fruntawilor. |
| Russian | фПЗДБ ЗПУРПДБ ЕЕ, ЧЙДС, ЮФП ЙУЮЕЪМБ ОБДЕЦДБ ДПИПДБ ЙИ, УИЧБФЙМЙ рБЧМБ Й уЙМХ Й РПЧМЕЛМЙ ОБ РМПЭБДШ Л ОБЮБМШОЙЛБН. |
| Shuar | Tura nuwachi nérenniurisha, íwianch jiiki awematniun nekaawar, Páprun Sérasnasha kajerak achikiar pepru uuntri iisarat tusar ajapén Júkiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero cuando sus amos vieron que se les había esfumado su esperanza de ganancia, prendieron a Pablo y a Silas y los arrastraron a la plaza, ante las autoridades. |
| Swahili | Matajiri wa yule msichana walipoona kwamba tumaini lao la kupata mali limekwisha, waliwakamata Paulo na Sila, wakawaburuta mpaka hadharani, mbele ya wakuu. |
| Swedish | Men när hennes herrar sågo att det för dem var slut med allt hopp om vidare inkomst, grepo de Paulus och Silas och släpade dem till torget inför överhetspersonerna. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, rahilo-rawo pue' -na tobine toei, ka'uma-napi ria pomporataa-ra doi. Toe pai' rahoko' -ramo hira' Paulus pai' Silas, pai' -ra radii' hilou hi topohura ngata to hi laintongo' ngata. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "pulling": outpulling. (additional references) | |
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"Pulling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nulling, pallina, Pluvinage, pollin, Pollina, Puligny, pulings, Pulleine, pulli, pullings, pullng, pulvini, pulvino, Vullings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pulling" (pronounced puh"ling) |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, 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, chilling, 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, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, 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, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, 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, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, 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, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, 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, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-l-n-p-u" | |
-1 letter: puling. | |
-2 letters: lungi, lupin. | |
-3 letters: gill, gull, gulp, iglu, ling, lung, nill, null, pill, ping, plug, puli, pull, pung. | |
-4 letters: gin, gip, gnu, gul, gun, ill, lin, lip, lug, nil, nip, pig, pin, piu, pug, pul, pun. | |
-5 letters: in, li, nu, pi, un, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-l-n-p-u" | |
+1 letter: pulingly. | |
+2 letters: cupelling, polluting, upwelling. | |
+3 letters: outpolling, outpulling, pummelling, puzzlingly, upswelling, upwellings. | |
+4 letters: multiplying, outspelling, pluralizing, pullulating, spurgalling. | |
+5 letters: bullwhipping, multiplexing, nonpolluting, uncompelling. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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