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Definitions: Wrecking |
WreckingNoun1. The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. 2. Destruction achieved by wrecking something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wrecking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Synonyms: WreckingSynonyms: laying waste (n), razing (n), ruin (n), ruination (n), ruining (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This was particularly true for Cornwall where the rocky coastline and (sometimes) the display of false lights led many ships to disaster. The sailors were often murdered and stripped of their possessions, the ships themselves were looted for their cargoes.
Wrecking is the subject of Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn.
See also: smuggling, Robert Stephen Hawker.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wrecking."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vehicle | Tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller; pile driver; crane, wrecking crane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wrecking |
| English words defined with "wrecking": laying waste ♦ ruin, ruination, ruining ♦ wrecking bar, Wrecking car, Wrecking pump. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "wrecking": wrecking ball, wrecking crew, wrecking mechanic, WRECKING SUPERVISOR. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | With a wrecking ball. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland) He's wrecking my home! (Help!; writing credit: Marc Behm; Charles Wood) This guy is a wrecking machine! (Rocky III; writing credit: Sylvester Stallone) | |
Lyrics | Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars (We Built This City; performing artist: Starship) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arnold's Wrecking Co. (1973) The Wrecking Crew (1969) Wrecking Crew (1942) Fastest Wrecking Crew in the World (1897) Wrecking Crew (1985) | |
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 | View on the cruiser's forecastle, looking aft, taken the day she left the San Diego Reserve Fleet facility for the wrecking yard, circa 9 December 1959. Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service. This ship was acquired by the Navy on 13 August 1918 and commissioned on 19 August as USS Relief (ID # 2170). She was sold back to her pre-war owners, the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company, on 15 May 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Another European theory is that America is without a peer at wrecking the beauties of nature. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Sunken steamship "Oregon."--vessels of the Merritt Wrecking Company picking up mail-pouches, baggage, etc., from the wreck / from a sketch by a staff artist. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wrecking porch of old house near Edgard, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | House in process of wrecking near Lutcher, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Near Tulare, California, U.S. 99. See general caption. Used car lots and auto wrecking establishments add to the litter which fronts this highway. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Converted antebellum residence into Tuscaloosa Wrecking Company and Auto Parts. Alabama. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Dismantling a railroad wrecking crane. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polis Theater. Wrecking of Polis Theater I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Wrecking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 83.72% of the time. "Wrecking" is used about 86 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) | 83.72% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.3% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.81% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 86 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "wrecking": wrecking activities ♦ wrecking ball ♦ wrecking bar ♦ wrecking car ♦ wrecking company ♦ wrecking crane ♦ wrecking crew ♦ wrecking pump ♦ wrecking service ♦ wrecking truck. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "wrecking": economy-wrecking, home-wrecking, marriage-wrecking, nerve-wrecking, runway-wrecking. | |
| 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 "wrecking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkatërrim (breakdown, breakup, collapse, decay, decimation, demolition, depredation, desolation, destruction, devastation, dissolution, downfall, havoc, mess, ravage, ruin, wrack, wreck), prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, defilement, depravation, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp), mbytje (choke, garrotte, glut, stifling, strangulation, submergence, submersion, suffocation, thuggee, thuggery, wreck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متلف (damaging, destructive, detrimental, injurious, noxious, ruinous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | саботаж (sabotage), саботиращ, разбиващ (shattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 击毁 (Wreck, Wrecked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | záškodnictví (wrecking activities), havarijní auto (wrecking truck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sloopkogel (ball breaker, skull cracker, wrecking ball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rantatavaran varkaus, hylynryöstö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vol d'épave, naufrage (wreck), déraillement (wreckage), anéantissement (wreckage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zertrümmernd (smashing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | romboló (consumptive, destroyer, destructive, ruinous, subversive, vandal, wrecker), rombolás (demolition, depredation, destruction, devastation, havoc, ravage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | servizio recupero automezzi (breakdown service, wrecking service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 난파 (Wreck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eckingwray provocação de naufrágios, furto de restos de naufrágio, destruição (bale, consumption, defacement, demolition, deprivation, destruction, doom, frustum, havoc, holograph, overthrow, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage), desempanagem, demolição (demolishing, demolition, destruction, dismantling), de socorro, de salvamento. (various references) спасательный (escape, life-saving, rescue, salvational), разрушение (abolishment, breakdown, breakup, collapse, cracking, decay, demolition, desolation, destruction), разрушительный (destructive, disruptive, internecine, ruinous, shattering, subversive). (various references) koji uništava, brodoloman. (various references) destructivo (destructive, disruptive). (various references) bärgnings-. (various references) yardıma gelen, yıkım (bad, bane, blight, cropper, damnation, death, debacle, demolition, disaster, havoc, ravage, ruin, undoing), tamir (fixing, mend, mending, overhaul, refit, refitment, repair, reparation), kurtarma (deliverance, extrication, liberation, recovery, redemption, relief, rescue, salvage, salvation, save, saving, sea rescue). (various references) рятувальний (life-saving), руйнування (bad, breaking, caries, collapse, demolition, destruction, the sword, upset, wrack), руйнівний (abolitionary, caustic, consumptive, destructive, deteriorative, erosive, exterminatory, holocaustal, holocaustic, ruinous, shattering, subversive), руйнація, зрив (no go), знесення (demolition), аварійно-рятувальні роботи, аварійний (auxiliary, jury), демонтаж (dismantlement, dismantling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "wrecking": wreckings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "wrecking": shipwrecking. (additional references) | |
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"Wrecking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: frecking, recking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wrecking" (pronounced re"king) |
| 5 | r e" k i ng | trekking. |
| 4 | -e" k i ng | checking, decking, pecking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-k-n-r-w" | |
-1 letter: crewing, recking. | |
-2 letters: cering, cringe, nicker, wicker, wincer, winger, winker. | |
-3 letters: eking, genic, icker, inker, nicer, reign, reink, renig, rewin, wince, wreck, wrick, wring. | |
-4 letters: cine, cire, crew, geck, gien, gink, girn, grew, grin, keir, kern, kier, kine, king, kirn, knew, neck, nice, nick, reck, rein, rice, rick, ring, rink, weir, wick, wine, wing. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-k-n-r-w" | |
+1 letter: wreckings. | |
+2 letters: whickering. | |
+3 letters: checkrowing, racewalking. | |
+4 letters: corkscrewing, racewalkings, shipwrecking, wisecracking. | |
| 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)57 72 65 63 6B 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . -.-. -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110010 01100101 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W r e c k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0072 0065 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5784716977758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, 알"니아, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, 아라비아, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, 체", чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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