Words that rhyme with attacking

• backing 5
  n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage] 2: something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: backing, mount] 3: financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]
• lacking 5
  adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)] 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
• slacking 5
  n 1: the evasion of work or duty [syn: shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking]
• smacking 5
  n 1: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap]
• aching 1
  adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy] n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching]
• acting 0
  adj 1: serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president" n 1: the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn: acting, playing, playacting, performing]
• baking 0
  adj 1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: baking, baking hot] n 1: making bread or cake or pastry etc. 2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
• blacking 0
  n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]
• bloodsucking 0
  adj 1: drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" 2: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" [syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]
• bluestocking 0
  n 1: a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn: bluestocking, bas bleu]
• booking 0
  n 1: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" [syn: engagement, booking] 2: the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking" [syn: booking, reservation]
• breaking 0
  n 1: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking]
• breathtaking 0
  adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking]
• bushwhacking 0
  adj 1: lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
• clapping 0
  n 1: a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together [syn: applause, hand clapping, clapping]
• cracking 0
  adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] n 1: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" [syn: crack, cracking, snap] 2: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] 3: the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
• dressmaking 0
  n 1: the craft of making dresses
• making 0
  n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" [syn: devising, fashioning, making] 2: an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" [syn: qualification, making] 3: (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"
• packing 0
  n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding] 2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: packing, boxing] 3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: packing, backpacking]
• racking 0
  adj 1: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" [syn: racking, wrenching]
• sacking 0
  n 1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: sacking, bagging] 2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
• shaking 0
  n 1: the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]
• stocking 0
  n 1: close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) 2: the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"
• stocktaking 0
  n 1: reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook [syn: stocktaking, stock-taking] 2: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]
• tacking 0
  n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking] 2: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking]
• taking 0
  adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking" [syn: pickings, taking]
• ticking 0
  n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking] 2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
• tracking 0
  n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
• waking 0
  adj 1: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful] n 1: the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" [ant: sleeping]
• whacking 0
  adv 1: extremely; "a whacking good story" adj 1: (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" n 1: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
• chungking 0
  n 1: a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China [syn: Chongqing, Chungking]
• backtracking 0
• bookmaking 0
• braking 0
• faking 0
• flaking 0
• hacking 0
• jacking 0
• quacking 0
• quaking 0
• raking 0
• rapping 0
• snaking 0
• spelunking 0
• stacking 0
• staking 0
• streetwalking 0
• unpacking 0
• wracking 0
• yakking 0
• brooking 0
• clacking 0
• laking 0
• shacking 0
• snacking 0
• thwacking 0

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