Words that rhyme with getting

  • befitting
    adj 1: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
  • betting
    adj 1: preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting]
  • bloodletting
    n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) 2: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue]
  • fitting
    adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" 2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting] 2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system 3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting] 4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting, try-on, trying on]
  • hitting
    n 1: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" [syn: hit, hitting, striking]
  • jetting
    adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]
  • knitting
    n 1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine [syn: knit, knitting, knitwork] 2: creating knitted wear
  • letting
    n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting]
  • netting
    n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling] 2: creating nets
  • petting
    n 1: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling]
  • setting
    n 1: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope] 3: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted [syn: mise en scene, stage setting, setting] 4: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: context, circumstance, setting] 5: the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat" 6: a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware" [syn: place setting, setting] 7: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" [syn: mount, setting]
  • sitting
    adj 1: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated" [syn: seated, sitting] [ant: standing] 2: not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target" n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn: sitting, posing] 2: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" 3: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: seance, sitting, session] 4: a session as of a legislature or court
  • spitting
    n 1: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
  • splitting
    adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping, splitting]
  • sweating
    n 1: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process" [syn: perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation, hidrosis]
  • transmitting
    n 1: the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting]
  • unremitting
    adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
  • unwitting
    adj 1: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned, unwitting] 2: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment" [ant: witting] 3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
  • upsetting
    adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn: disconcerting, upsetting]
  • wetting
    n 1: the act of making something wet 2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
  • witting
    adj 1: aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists" [ant: unwitting] 2: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious, witting]
  • abetting
  • acquitting
  • admitting
  • bayoneting
  • begetting
  • besetting
  • committing
  • coquetting
  • emitting
  • flitting
  • forgetting
  • fretting
  • offsetting
  • permitting
  • quitting
  • regretting
  • stetting
  • vetting
  • whetting
  • fetting
  • reseting
  • texting

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