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balking
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adj 1: stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a
balky mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: balking, balky]
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blocking
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n 1: the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
[syn: blocking, block]
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bluestocking
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n 1: a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn:
bluestocking, bas bleu]
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clocking
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n 1: the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a
world record clocking"
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docking
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n 1: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn:
docking, moorage, dockage, tying up]
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hawking
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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]
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knocking
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n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock,
knocking]
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locking
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n 1: the act of locking something up to protect it [syn:
locking, lockup]
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mocking
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adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
"derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking
smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn:
derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]
2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
[syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]
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shocking
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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]
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smocking
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n 1: embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment
that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches
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stalking
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n 1: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or
waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
2: the act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk,
stalking]
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stocking
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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"
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talking
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n 1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more
work and less talk around here" [syn: talk, talking]
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walking
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adj 1: close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the
factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient
than the walk-to factory" [syn: walk-to(a),
walking(a)]
n 1: the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of
exercise" [syn: walk, walking]
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caulking
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n 1: a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building
and repair to make watertight [syn: caulk, caulking]
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chalking
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chocking
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cocking
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deadlocking
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flocking
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hocking
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rocking
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socking
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floccing
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gawking
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