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Definition: Asking |
AskingAdjective1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation. Noun1. The verbal act of requesting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "asking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Synonyms: AskingSynonyms: asking(a) (adj), interrogative (adj), interrogatory (adj), request (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: declarative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Request | Mendicancy; asking, begging; Verb: postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, uh, I was asking Chris to the prom (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz) All that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) But if you're asking me to tell my people to go out and kill and maybe get themselves killed, I'm sorry (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman) You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right? And what about breaking the sound barrier, or rockets to the moon? Atomic energy, or a mission to Mars? Science fiction, right? Look, all I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Everyone keeps asking where he got his costume (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson) | |
Lyrics | If you're asking do I love you this much (I Do (Cherish You); performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Keith Stegall and Dan Hill) YOU GOT MY CONCIOUS ASKING QUESTIONS (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints) You're not asking for the world (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant) How can it be you're asking me to feel the things you never show (Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) I'm asking could this be real (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town) | |
Clever | No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. (references; author: unknown) When asking a question of someone your not sure of, only ask if you know half the answer. (references; author: unknown) Asking the boss for a rise may not be patriotic, but it will help the government with the extra tax if it comes off. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | The quack quit asking quick questions. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Asking for Trouble (1942) Beauty for the Asking (1939) Yours for the Asking (1936) He's Asking for Me (1988) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Dredge haul on EXPLORER Thongs are asking for crushed foot. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | [Man asking a woman for some food] / C.J. Traviés. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Some elements of labor seem to be asking for this sort of picketing. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | From now on, anybody asking about the third term goes to the dunce corner. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Page of advertisements, with cartoon "winning and wearing", showing man asking to buy a Copperhead badge, from shopkeeper, who hits him. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Letter from Mathew Brady to President Abraham Lincoln, asking Lincoln to sit for a photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Neighboring farmer asking one of the members of the Olsen cooperative binder when custom work could be done for him. Mantua, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Joseph P. Tumulty addressing crowd of American citizens of Polish birth or extraction, who called at the White House to present resolutions to President Wilson asking him to continue the present national policy in support of Polish independence. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Asking a hand: "leff me be de possessah ob dat lubly number seben!". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Asking a blessing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry Ford | The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. |
Horace | Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. |
Lady Nancy Astor | We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality. |
Lou Holtz | I never learn anything talking. I only learn things from asking questions. |
Mandell Creighton | The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. |
Thomas Carlyle | The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. (Second Treatise of Government) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1940) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | ) He seemed to be almost asking her, whether her affections were engaged |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | However, there would be no harm, she thought, in asking if the game was over |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She had, without asking, added to the usual dinner of the bishop a bottle of fine old Mauves wine |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Yet a voice within him spoke above the noise of his dancing heart, asking him would he take her gift to which he had only to stretch out his hand |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Be specific when asking questions about a child's development. (references) | |
Do not take any over-the-counter medicines for diarrhea without asking your doctor. (references) | ||
Help yourself by asking your doctor or nurse for pain relief when you need it. It's your right. (references) | ||
Business | By asking for all details, the unnecessary disqualification of a firm may be avoided. (references) | |
The BSA also launched a Consumer Code for Electronics Equipment' to restrict harmful business practices by asking gray marketers to affix stickers to products, including software. (references) | ||
But with the disruptions of WTO talks due to problems in U.S.-China relations, U.S. computer and electronics industry associations are asking that the U.S. government deal with China and the ITA outside of the negotiations about the World Trade Organization. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Burma | According to witnesses, Dr. Salai Tun Than distributed copies of a petition asking for the regime to hold multiparty elections within one year. (references) |
Peru | There were protests by workers asking for higher wages and demonstrations by disgruntled citizens pressing various social and economic demands. (references) | |
Malaysia | In December 1999, the Home Ministry issued a letter to Harakah's publisher asking him to explain why Harakah should not be banned for violating the terms of the publishing permit. (references) | |
Economic History | Lebanon | SNC-Lavalin is also asking for $14 million from the new investor that takes over the project. (references) |
Kyrgyzstan | In January 1994, Akayev initiated a referendum asking for a renewed mandate to complete his term of office. (references) | |
Guyana | Though exports have been declining because of this, the importers of Guyana's plywood are not currently asking for certification. (references) | |
Human Rights | Moldova | He has also met with President Voronin asking for the Government's support for their release. (references) |
Peru | The IDL filed an appeal to this order, asking that the policemen be kept in custody while awaiting trial. (references) | |
Russia | The judge, or a panel of judges, conducted trials by asking questions based on their review of the procurator's case file. (references) | |
Minorities | Romania | In March a Tirgu Mures-based NGO, Liga Pro Europa, took legal action against a local weekly that carried an interview with two persons using pseudonyms who proposed to "clean the town of Roma." The local prosecutor's office answered in a letter that no crime had been committed and refused to answer a second letter by the NGO asking for the legal grounds of that answer. (references) |
Trade | Czech Rep | On shipments under US$2,000, consider asking the buyer to pay by credit card. (references) |
Bahamas | Bahamian banks tend to be more conservative than their American counterparts in making business loans, often asking for high levels of collateral. (references) | |
Travel | Spain | Thieves often attempt to distract victims by first squirting mustard on their clothing, asking for directions on the street, etc. (references) |
Women | Morocco | Under Islamic law and tradition, rather than asking for a divorce, a man simply may repudiate his wife outside of court. (references) |
Kuwait | As in previous years, women's rights activists brought cases (five during the year) asking the courts to order that they be allowed to register to vote. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. A penny saved is a penny to squander. A man is known by the company that he organizes. A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring. Better late than before anybody has invited you. Example is better than following it. Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else. Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it. Least said is soonest disavowed. He laughs best who laughs least. Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. Of two evils choose to be the least. Strike while your employer has a big contract. Where there's a will there's a won't. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Mitch Daniels | Well, I think what Congressman DeLay and others are asking is whether we ought not strive to get the balance in this next year and the year after. That's a good target to shoot for. |
Rush Limbaugh | You know, I'm waiting for a poll of the American people asking what we think about what the Europeans are doing to screw up their own countries. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Wishing it, predicting it, even asking for it, will not make it so. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | This year I am asking for adequate funds for economic assistance in the hope that we can further peace throughout the world. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Friends and adversaries abroad were asking whether America had lost its nerve. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I'll be asking you for a substantial increase in funds for public jobs for our young people, and I also am recommending that the Congress continue the public service employment programs at more than twice the level of a year ago. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | History is asking us once again to be a force for good in the world. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | It's a matter of asking more, expecting more, of our schools, our teachers, of our kids, of our parents and of ourselves. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | To assure that our classrooms are truly places of learning, and to respond to what teachers have been asking us to do for years, we should say that all states and school districts must both adopt and implement sensible discipline policies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Asking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.13% of the time. "Asking" is used about 5,917 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 98.13% | 5,806 | 1,682 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.87% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,917 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "asking". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jamlech | N/A | Biblical | Asking counsel |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "asking": asking a question ♦ asking price ♦ be asking for ♦ be asking for it ♦ be for ever asking for ♦ for the asking ♦ i purpose asking ♦ the asking price. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "asking": asking-after-your-health-position, asking-price. | |
Ending with "asking": question-asking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "asking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | navraag (enquiry, question). (various references) | |
Albanian | pyeturit. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | поканване (invitation, inviting), поискване (claiming, demanding, request), питане (inquiring, interpellation, question). (various references) | |
Chinese | 要求 (ASK, Asked, Demanded, Demanding, require, required, requirement, requirements, Requiring). (various references) | |
Danish | udbudspris (asking price). (various references) | |
Estonian | küsimine. (various references) | |
Finnish | tankata (keep saying or asking, nag, pound into one's head, refuel, stammer), pyydellä (ask, keep asking), ehtimiseen kysellä (keep asking). (various references) | |
French | demander (ask, ask for, to ask), demandant. (various references) | |
French Canadian | demander. (various references) | |
Galician | preguntando. (various references) | |
German | auffordernd, fragend (enquiring, inquiring, inquiringly, interrogating, interrogative, interrogatively, interrogatorily, interrogatory, prompting, querying, questioning, questioningly, quizzical, quizzically, requesting), fragen (ask, interrogate, queries, query, question, questions, to ask, to interrogate, to request). (various references) | |
Greek | πάω φιρί-φιρί (be asking for it), τιμή αγοράς (asking price, initial value, market price, original cost, purchase price, purchasers'price, purchasers'value). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | mande (ask). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שאילה (asking a question, borrowing, greeting, salutation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vkinek tudomása nélkül (over sy's head, without asking sy), eladó által kért ár (the asking price), útbaigazítás-kérés (asking fordirections). (various references) | |
Icelandic | spurt. (various references) | |
Irish | iarraidh (attempt, test, to ask, wanting). (various references) | |
Italian | valore di acquisto (asking price), prezzo di domanda (asking price). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 虫が良い (asking too much, selfish), 誰何 (asking a person's identity, challenging), 自問 (asking oneself), 言い値 (the asking price), 発問 (asking or putting a question, questioning), 反問 (asking in return, cross-examination, retort), 冷やかし (browsing, chaffing, jeering, just looking at goods, merely asking the price, raillery, window-shopping), 希望価格 (asking price). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいか (asking a person's identity, being pendent, challenging, drowning, fire and water, flood disaster, hanging down, hydration, watermelon), きぼうかかく (asking price), ひやかし (browsing, chaffing, jeering, just looking at goods, merely asking the price, raillery, window-shopping), いいね (the asking price), むしがいい (asking too much, selfish), じもん (asking oneself, woven pattern), はつもん (asking or putting a question, questioning), はんもん (agony, asking in return, cross-examination, retort, speckles, worry). (various references) | |
Korean | 묻 (Questioning). (various references) | |
Luganda | n'okubuuza (and asking, and to ask), kubuuza (for asking). (various references) | |
Manx | fenaght (ask, enquire, inquire, query, question). (various references) | |
Norwegian | spørre (ask, enquire, inquire, quiz). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | askingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | solicitação (application, canvass, request, requisition, solicitation), pergunta (query, question). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | pedindo (asking for). (various references) | |
Romanian | am de gând sã cer (I purpose asking). (various references) | |
Russian | спрашивать запрашиваемый. (various references) | |
Scottish | feòraich (inquire, inquiring), faighneachd (v.n. asking). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | stalno tražiti (be for ever asking for), potraživati (be for ever asking for, claim, lay up claim), cena koju predlaže prodavac (ask: the asking price). (various references) | |
Somali | weydiinta. (various references) | |
Spanish | preguntar (ask, ask about, ask after, ask for, asking for, enquire, examine, grill, inquire, query, question, to ask for, treat, wonder), precio inicial (asking price). (various references) | |
Swedish | frågar (asks). (various references) | |
Tagalog | pagtatanong, nagtatanong. (various references) | |
Tahitian | uira'a. (various references) | |
Turkish | sorma, isteme (demand, desire, encore, requisition, wish, wishing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | оголошення в церкві, запитання (interrogation, interrogatory, query, question). (various references) | |
Wolof | laajte. (various references) | |
Xhosa | yokubuza (Of asking), ngokubuza (For asking), ndiyacela (I am asking). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WV de epemenon erwtwnteV auton anakuyaV eipen proV autouV o anamarthtoV umwn prwtoV ton liqon ep auth baletw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum autem perseverarent interrogantes eum erexit se et dixit eis qui sine peccato est vestrum primus in illam lapidem mittat |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa hyo þurh-wunedon hyne axiende.ða aras he up & cwæð to heom. Loch hwilceower syo synne-leas werpe aræst stan onhyre. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei abiden axynge hym, he reiside hym silf, and seide to hem, He of you that is without synne, first caste a stoon in to hir. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And whyll they continued axynge him he lyfte him selfe vp and sayde vnto them: let him yt is amoge you wt out synne cast the fyrst stone at her. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | So when they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug kay nagpadayon man gayud sila sa pagpangutana kaniya, siya mitul-id ug miingon kanila, "Kinsa kaninyo ang walay sala maoy paunahag labay kaniyag bato." |
| Croatian | A kako su oni dalje navaljivali, on se uspravi i reèe im: "Tko je od vas bez grijeha, neka prvi na nju baci kamen." |
| Danish | Men da de bleve ved at spørge ham, rettede han sig op og sagde til dem: "Den iblandt eder, som er uden Synd, kaste først Stenen på hende!" |
| Dutch | En als zij Hem bleven vragen, richtte Hij Zich op, en zeide tot hen: Die van ulieden zonder zonde is, werpe eerst den steen op haar. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun he yhä edelleen kysyivät häneltä, ojensi hän itsensä ja sanoi heille: "Joka teistä on synnitön, se heittäköön häntä ensimmäisenä kivellä". |
| French | Comme ils continuaient à l`interroger, il se releva et leur dit: Que celui de vous qui est sans péché jette le premier la pierre contre elle. |
| German | Als sie nun anhielten, ihn zu fragen, richtete er sich auf und sprach zu ihnen: Wer unter euch ohne Sünde ist, der werfe den ersten Stein auf sie. |
| Hungarian | De mikor szorgalmazva kérdezék õt, felegyenesedve monda nékik: A ki közületek nem bûnös, az vesse rá elõször a követ. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika mereka terus mendesak, Ia mengangkat kepala-Nya dan berkata kepada mereka, "Orang yang tidak punya dosa di antara kalian, biarlah dia yang pertama melemparkan batu kepada wanita itu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab berulang-ulang mereka itu bertanya juga, tegaklah Ia serta berkata kepada mereka itu, "Siapa di antara kamu yang tiada berdosa, hendaklah ia dahulu melempar batu kepada perempuan ini." |
| Maori | A ka tohe tonu ratou ki te ui ki a ia, ka whakatika ake ia, ka mea ki a ratou, Ko te tangata o koutou kahore ona hara, mana te kohatu matamua e aki ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Og da de blev ved å spørre, rettet han sig op og sa: Den av eder som er uten synd, han kaste den første sten på henne! |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq ei nu kncetau sq -L kntrebe, El S`a ridicat kn sus, wi le -a zis: ,,Cine dintre voi este fqrq pqcat, sq arunce cel dintki cu piatra kn ea.`` |
| Russian | лПЗДБ ЦЕ РТПДПМЦБМЙ УРТБЫЙЧБФШ еЗП, пО, ЧПУЛМПОЙЧЫЙУШ, УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ЛФП ЙЪ ЧБУ ВЕЪ ЗТЕИБ, РЕТЧЩК ВТПУШ ОБ ОЕЕ ЛБНЕОШ. |
| Shuar | Tura tuke Iníam wajaki Tímiayi "Ayu, atumiiya Tunáa Túrichu ákunka kayan achik niin emka tukuti" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Walipozidi kumwuliza, Yesu akainuka, akawaambia, "Mtu asiye na dhambi miongoni mwenu na awe wa kwanza kumpiga jiwe." |
| Swedish | Men när de stodo fast vid sin fråga, reste han sig upp och sade till dem: »Den av eder som är utan synd, han kaste första stenen på henne.» |
| Uma | Ka'omea-na, apa' rajojo mpekune' -i, mebago' -imi pai' na'uli' -raka: "Hema-koi to uma ria jeko' -ni, hi'a-mi to lomo' -na mpopana' tobine toei!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "asking": askings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "asking": basking, casking, damasking, gasking, masking, multitasking, outasking, outtasking, overtasking, tasking, unmasking. (additional references) | |
Words containing "asking": gaskings, maskings, multitaskings. (additional references) | |
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"Asking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackling, aekyung, Aescwine, aking, amking, arking, ascain, ashing, asin, Askeans, askians, askin, askings, Askins, Aslin, asnign, assuing, asting, Laskin, lasking, Oescinga, oskin, Paskin, saking, Sakong, sking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "asking" (pronounced a"sking) |
| 5 | a" s k i ng | basking, masking, tasking. |
| 4 | -s k i ng | cornhusking, multitasking, risking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | antismoking, aching, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gaskin, kiangs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s" | |
-1 letter: gains, ginks, kains, kiang, kinas, kings. | |
-2 letters: agin, ains, akin, anis, gain, gink, gins, inks, kain, kina, king, kins, nags, sain, saki, sang, sank, sign, sing, sink, skag, skin, snag. | |
-3 letters: ain, ais, ani, ask, gan, gas, gin, ink, ins, kas, kin, nag, sag, sin, ska, ski. | |
-4 letters: ag, ai, an, as, in, is. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s" | |
+1 letter: askings, bakings, basking, casking, gasking, gaskins, lakings, makings, masking, sacking, shaking, sinkage, skating, slaking, snaking, soaking, staking, takings, tasking. | |
+2 letters: backings, bankings, gaskings, goatskin, hawkings, kartings, linkages, markings, maskings, packings, parkings, rankings, sackings, shanking, sharking, sinkages, skatings, skoaling, slacking, smacking, snacking, snaglike, sneaking, spanking, sparking, speaking, stacking, stalking, swanking, talkings, walkings. | |
+3 letters: antikings, backswing, blackings, breakings, casketing, caulkings, crackings, damasking, forsaking, gawkiness, goatskins, grandkids, kaoliangs, kashering, kayakings, kyanising, mismaking, mistaking, outasking, plankings, resoaking, ringbarks, screaking, shackling, shrinkage, spackling, spankings, sparkling, speakings, squawking, squeaking, streaking, tacklings, trackings, unmasking, wakenings, weaklings, wingbacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art |
