Words that rhyme with sweeping

• beekeeping 0
  n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture]
• bookkeeping 0
  n 1: the activity of recording business transactions [syn: bookkeeping, clerking]
• camping 0
  n 1: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn: camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting]
• chipping 0
  n 1: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering]
• clipping 0
  n 1: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting] 2: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim, trimming, clipping] 3: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip]
• coping 0
  n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope]
• creeping 0
  n 1: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping]
• dripping 0
  adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping] n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house) [syn: dripping, drippage] 2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping]
• dropping 0
  adj 1: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping, falling]
• grouping 0
  n 1: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn: group, grouping] 2: the activity of putting things together in groups 3: a system for classifying things into groups [syn: grouping, pigeonholing]
• helping 0
  n 1: an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn: helping, portion, serving]
• housekeeping 0
  n 1: the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping]
• keeping 0
  n 1: conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion" 2: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping" [syn: guardianship, keeping, safekeeping] 3: the act of retaining something [syn: retention, keeping, holding]
• kidnapping 0
  n 1: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment [syn: kidnapping, snatch]
• leaping 0
  n 1: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
• minesweeping 0
  n 1: the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines
• peacekeeping 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces; "a peacekeeping force" n 1: the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) [syn: peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation]
• roping 0
  n 1: capturing cattle or horses with a lasso
• safekeeping 0
  n 1: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping" [syn: guardianship, keeping, safekeeping]
• scraping 0
  n 1: (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" 2: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching] 3: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scrape, scraping]
• seeping 0
  adj 1: leaking out slowly [syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
• shaping 0
  adj 1: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: formative, shaping, plastic] n 1: any process serving to define the shape of something [syn: shaping, defining] 2: the act of fabricating something in a particular shape [syn: formation, shaping]
• sleeping 0
  adj 1: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip), sleeping] n 1: the state of being asleep [ant: waking] 2: quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping] 3: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
• snipping 0
  n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]
• sopping 0
  adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping]
• stopping 0
  n 1: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] 2: the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch; "the violinist's stopping was excellent"
• tapping 0
  n 1: the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"
• timekeeping 0
  n 1: the act or process of determining the time
• topping 0
  adj 1: excellent; best possible [syn: top-flight, top-hole, topping] n 1: a flavorful addition on top of a dish
• weeping 0
  adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping] 2: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping] n 1: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" [syn: crying, weeping, tears]
• whipping 0
  adj 1: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping] n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation] 2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] 3: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching] 4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating, whipping]
• wife 0
  n 1: a married woman; a man's partner in marriage [syn: wife, married woman] [ant: hubby, husband, married man]
• wrapping 0
  n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper] 2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
• beeping 0
• bleeping 0
• clodhopping 0
• heaping 0
• peeping 0
• reaping 0
• something 0
• steeping 0
• swapping 0
• cheeping 0
• backslapping 0
• epping 0
• deeping 0
• wapping 0
• norrkoping 0

See also sweeping definition and sweeping synonyms