Words that rhyme with peking

• aching 0
  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]
• backbreaking 0
  adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
• backing 0
  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]
• 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]
• bring 0
  v 1: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring, convey, take] 2: cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" 3: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for] 4: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away] 5: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring, land] 6: be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" 7: advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings" [syn: institute, bring] 8: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring] 9: be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn: fetch, bring in, bring] 10: attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" 11: induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
• cling 0
  n 1: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit [syn: cling, clingstone] v 1: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere] 2: to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him." 3: hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" [syn: cling, hang]
• ding 0
  n 1: a ringing sound 2: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick] v 1: go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: ding, dong, dingdong]
• dressmaking 0
  n 1: the craft of making dresses
• earthshaking 0
  adj 1: loud enough to shake the very earth 2: sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world- shattering" [syn: earthshaking, world-shaking, world- shattering]
• fling 0
  n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling] 3: the act of flinging v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee" 2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa" 3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge, fling] 4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away]
• freethinking 0
  n 1: the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct [syn: rationalism, freethinking]
• hardworking 0
  adj 1: characterized by hard work and perseverance [syn: hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring]
• hawking 0
  n 1: English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) [syn: Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking] 2: the act of selling goods for a living [syn: vending, peddling, hawking, vendition]
• haymaking 0
  n 1: taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts 2: cutting grass and curing it to make hay
• heartbreaking 0
  adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]
• homemaking 0
  n 1: the management of a household
• housebreaking 0
  n 1: trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent [syn: housebreaking, break-in, breaking and entering]
• king 0
  n 1: a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom [syn: king, male monarch, Rex] [ant: female monarch, queen, queen regnant] 2: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, queen, world-beater] 3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon] 4: preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts" 5: United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) [syn: King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King] 6: United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) [syn: King, B. B. King, Riley B King] 7: United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) [syn: King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.] 8: a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward 9: one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king 10: (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
• licking 0
  n 1: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" [syn: defeat, licking] [ant: triumph, victory] 2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
• liking 0
  n 1: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" [ant: dislike]
• lovemaking 0
  n 1: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life]
• 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"
• marking 0
  n 1: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark] 2: a pattern of marks 3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: marking, grading, scoring] 4: the act of making a visible mark on a surface
• matchmaking 0
  n 1: mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others
• merrymaking 0
  n 1: a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn: merrymaking, conviviality, jollification]
• metalworking 0
  n 1: the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner [syn: metalworking, metalwork]
• moneymaking 0
  adj 1: producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative] 2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)] n 1: the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
• 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]
• painstaking 0
  adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
• papermaking 0
  n 1: the craft of making paper
• parking 0
  n 1: space in which vehicles can be parked; "there is plenty of parking behind the store" 2: the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily
• ping 0
  n 1: a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya [syn: Ping, Ping River] 2: a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal) v 1: hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade" 2: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: pink, ping, knock] 3: make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" 4: contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" 5: send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office"
• printmaking 0
  n 1: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
• rainmaking 0
  n 1: activity intended to produce rain
• ranking 0
  adj 1: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a), superior, higher-ranking] n 1: position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
• ring 0
  n 1: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity" 2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" [syn: ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring] 3: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" [syn: hoop, ring] 4: (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop [syn: closed chain, ring] [ant: open chain] 5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring, mob] 6: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation] 7: a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle 8: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: ring, band] 9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring] v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal] 2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate] 3: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" [syn: ring, knell] 4: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring] 5: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border] 6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" [syn: ring, band]
• 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]
• shocking 0
  adj 1: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: lurid, shocking] 2: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking]
• shrinking 0
  n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn: shrinking, shrinkage] 2: the act of becoming less
• sing 0
  v 1: deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols" 2: produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" 3: to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" 4: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing] 5: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
• sinking 0
  n 1: a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" 2: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs" 3: a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" [syn: sinking, sinking feeling]
• sling 0
  n 1: a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice 2: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn: slingshot, sling, catapult] 3: a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel [syn: slingback, sling] 4: a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released 5: bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck [syn: sling, scarf bandage, triangular bandage] v 1: hurl as if with a sling [syn: sling, catapult] 2: hang loosely or freely; let swing 3: move with a sling; "sling the cargo onto the ship" 4: hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"
• soaking 0
  adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping] n 1: the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking] 2: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing] 3: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking]
• spanking 0
  adj 1: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] n 1: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"
• spring 0
  n 1: the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" [syn: spring, springtime] 2: a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken" 3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring] 4: a point at which water issues forth 5: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness] 6: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: form, take form, take shape, spring] 3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 4: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" 5: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
• sting 0
  n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: sting, stinging] 2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang, sting] 3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite] 4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 2: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, bite, prick] 3: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: stick, sting] 4: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, sting, twinge] 5: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
• 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]
• strikebreaking 0
  n 1: confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers
• string 0
  n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine] 2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: bowed stringed instrument, string] 3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed 4: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" [syn: string, train] 5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) 6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn: drawstring, drawing string, string] 7: a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) 8: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop [syn: string, cosmic string] 9: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw] 2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: string, string up] 3: move or come along [syn: string, string along] 4: stretch out or arrange like a string 5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package" 6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans" 7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: unstring]
• swing 0
  n 1: a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things" 2: mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth 3: a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head" 4: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing, swinging, vacillation] 5: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz [syn: swing, swing music, jive] 6: a jaunty rhythm in music [syn: lilt, swing] 7: the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it [syn: golf stroke, golf shot, swing] 8: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing, swing, cut] 9: a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them v 1: move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat" 2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back" [syn: swing, sway] 3: change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward" 4: influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side" [syn: swing, swing over] 5: make a big sweeping gesture or movement [syn: swing, sweep, swing out] 6: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing, drop] 7: hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee" 8: alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" 9: live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" 10: have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing" 11: be a social swinger; socialize a lot [syn: swing, get around] 12: play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm 13: engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
• 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]
• thing 0
  n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" 2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?" 3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" 4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?" 5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." 6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" 8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" 9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..." 10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds" 11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" 12: a separate and self-contained entity
• 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
• ting 0
  n 1: a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: ting, tinkle] v 1: cause to make a ting 2: make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'
• tracking 0
  n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
• unblinking 0
  adj 1: showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year" 2: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking]
• undertaking 0
  n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: the trade of a funeral director
• unthinking 0
  adv 1: in a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the picture" [syn: thoughtlessly, unthinkingly, unthinking] [ant: thoughtfully] adj 1: not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought [syn: unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful] 2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking] 3: mentally sluggish [syn: lumpish, lumpen, unthinking]
• 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]
• wing 0
  n 1: a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) 2: one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane 3: a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing, offstage, backstage] 4: a unit of military aircraft 5: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank" [syn: flank, wing] 6: a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side 7: (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft 8: a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party" 9: the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" 10: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing" [syn: fender, wing] 11: an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing] v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn: fly, wing]
• woodworking 0
  n 1: the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood [syn: carpentry, woodworking, woodwork]
• working 0
  adj 1: actively engaged in paid work; "the working population"; "the ratio of working men to unemployed"; "a working mother"; "robots can be on the job day and night" [syn: working(a), on the job(p)] 2: adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something; "the party has a working majority in the House"; "a working knowledge of Spanish" 3: adopted as a temporary basis for further work; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis" 4: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)] 5: serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity; "discussed the working draft of a peace treaty"; "they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects" n 1: a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked [syn: working, workings]
• wring 0
  n 1: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: squeeze, wring] v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform, distort, wring] 2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand" [syn: wring, wrench] 3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring] 4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
• zing 0
  n 1: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet" 2: the activeness of an energetic personality [syn: dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing]
• chungking 0
  n 1: a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China [syn: Chongqing, Chungking]
• ming 0
  n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 [syn: Ming, Ming dynasty]
• viking 0
  n 1: any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
• hopsacking 0
  n 1: a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing [syn: hopsacking, hopsack]
• ng 0
  n 1: one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram [syn: nanogram, ng]
• dorking 0
  n 1: an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)
• beijing 0
  n 1: capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city [syn: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China]
• chongqing 0
  n 1: a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China [syn: Chongqing, Chungking]
• nanking 0
  n 1: a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s [syn: Nanjing, Nanking]
• ling 0
  n 1: water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs [syn: ling, ling ko, Trapa bicornis] 2: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris] 3: elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried [syn: ling, Molva molva] 4: American hakes 5: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota]
• qing 0
  n 1: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu [syn: Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty]
• sleepwalking 0
  n 1: walking by a person who is asleep [syn: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation]
• awaking 0
• bellyaching 0
• bookmaking 0
• braking 0
• caking 0
• caretaking 0
• filmmaking 0
• peacemaking 0
• politicking 0
• reworking 0
• snowmaking 0
• spelunking 0
• streetwalking 0
• unspeaking 0
• upswing 0
• bing 0
• brooking 0

See also peking definition and peking synonyms