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milking en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of milk
    form of milk

milking en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English milkinge, mylkynge, equivalent to milk + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act by which any animal is milked.
    • The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
    • We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day.
  2. (countable, informal, uncountable) Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.

Forms

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Deriveds

milking parlor · milking table · postmilking · milking parlour · sharemilking · milking booster · milking barn · milking machine

Translations (33)

nb melking (the act by which a cow is milked) · nb mål (the act by which a cow is milked) · alt сааш (the act by which a cow is milked) · fr traite (the act by which a cow is milked) · alt сааганы (the act by which a cow is milked) · fi lypsy (the act by which a cow is milked) · fr mulsion (the act by which a cow is milked) · ang meolcian (the act by which a cow is milked) · cmn 擠奶 /挤奶 (the act by which a cow is milked) · ro muls (the act by which a cow is milked) · ar حَلْب (the act by which a cow is milked) · mi whakatētētanga (the act by which a cow is milked) · grc ἄμελξις (the act by which a cow is milked) · xcl կիթ (the act by which a cow is milked) · pl udój (the act by which a cow is milked) · ru до́йка (the act by which a cow is milked) · tr sağma (the act by which a cow is milked) · ga bleán (the act by which a cow is milked) · pl dój (the act by which a cow is milked) · nrf traithie (the act by which a cow is milked) · eo melkado (the act by which a cow is milked) · de Melken (the act by which a cow is milked) · ro mulsură (the act by which a cow is milked) · ml കറവ (the act by which a cow is milked) · es ordeño (the act by which a cow is milked) · gd bleoghann (the act by which a cow is milked) · hy կիթ (the act by which a cow is milked) · hu fejés (the act by which a cow is milked) · pt ordenha (the act by which a cow is milked) · tr sağım (the act by which a cow is milked) · ro mulgere (the act by which a cow is milked) · it mungitura (the act by which a cow is milked) · ru дое́ние (the act by which a cow is milked)