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Definition: INCHING |
INCHINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Inch |
Date "INCHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | INCHING. Encroaching. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: INCHING |
| Specialty definitions using "INCHING": inching starter. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nigeria | In late 2000, the inflation rate had declined to almost zero then began inching upward during 2001, due largely to expansionary government fiscal policies. (references) |
Travel | Jamaica | However, due to growing competition and recession in the economy, the mark ups on products are inching downwards. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "INCHING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 97.83% of the time. "INCHING" is used about 46 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) | 97.83% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "INCHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 移动 (Budge, Budged, Budging, Inched, MOVE, trundle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stepvis bevægelse, skridtvis indstilling, forsinket lukning af formværktøj, finindstilling ved op-ned-trykknapper, elektrisk tørning af maskine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vertraagd sluiten, tippen, nivellering door kortstondig ingeschakelde motor, met horten schakelen, elektrisch tornen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paineen lisäyksen hidastaminen, nykäyskäyttö, nyintä, nopeuden lisäyksen hidastaminen, jälkitarkkuusasetus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | isonivelage manuel, isonivelage boutons, virage électrique, ralentissement la fermeture, ralenti de fermeture d'un moule, ralenti de fermeture, marche par -coups, avance fine de réglage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Werkzeugschluss-Verzögerung, Verlangsamung beim Werkzeugschluss, Tippen (do the pools, fill in one's coupons, guess, Pat, tap, touch, type), Stößelbewegung zum Einrichten, Nachstellung (adjusting, fitting, postposition, readjustment), elektrisches Drehen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βηματική περιστροφή, βηματική ενεργοποίηση, ισοστάθμιση με κομβία, χειροκίνητη ισοστάθμιση, επιβράδυνση κλεισίματος καλουπιού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | viraggio (toning bath), livellamento a pulsante, comando a impulsi, chiusura rallentata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 조금" 움직임. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inchingay viragem (slew, turn, turning), velocidade reduzida no fecho de um molde, renivelaçao em marcha lenta, comando por impulsos. (various references) virado eléctrico, retardo en el cierre de un molde, renivelación en marcha lenta, marcha a golpes, frenado del cierre del molde, despacio (gently, inchmeal, slow, slowly, steady). (various references) stegvis inställning, framryckning (advance), fördröjd verktygsstängning, efterinställning med eller utan tryckknapp, baxning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "INCHING": cinching, clinching, flinching, pinching, squinching, unclinching, unflinching, winching. (additional references) | |
Words containing "INCHING": clinchingly, unflinchingly. (additional references) | |
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"INCHING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anichini, Ichang, inswing, irching, Kinchin, Minchin, Minzhang, nichtig, Nihonga. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "INCHING" (pronounced i"nkhing) |
| 5 | i" n kh i ng | clinching, flinching, lynching, pinching, unflinching. |
| 4 | -n kh i ng | branching, bunching, crunching, drenching, entrenching, launching, lunching, munching, punching, quenching, ranching, retrenching, stanching, wrenching. |
| 3 | -kh i ng | approaching, arching, attaching, beaching, belching, bleaching, breaching, broaching, catching, clutching, coaching, crouching, dispatching, ditching, encroaching, enriching, etching, fetching, hatching, hitching, impeaching, itching, latching, leaching, lurching, marching, matching, mulching, overarching, overreaching, patching, pitching, poaching, preaching, reaching, researching, retouching, scorching, scratching, screeching, searching, sketching, slouching, snatching, snitching, squelching, stitching, stretching, switching, teaching, torching, touching, twitching, vouching, watching, witching. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chining, niching. | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n" | |
-2 letters: icing. | |
-3 letters: chin, inch, nigh. | |
-4 letters: chi, cig, ghi, gin, hic, hin, ich, inn. | |
-5 letters: hi, in. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-n" | |
+1 letter: chaining, chinking, chinning, cinching, pinching, winching. | |
+2 letters: chicaning, clinching, enriching, flinching, inarching, lichening, machining, richening, snitching. | |
+3 letters: chagrining, chickening, coinhering, cushioning, enchaining, squinching, thickening, unchaining, unhitching, unhygienic. | |
+4 letters: chagrinning, chainsawing, chairmaning, championing, christening, chronicling, clinchingly, enciphering, franchising, handpicking, intrenching, machinating, mechanizing, sandwiching, thickenings, unclinching, unflinching, unstitching. | |
+5 letters: antilynching, antipoaching, cachinnating, chairmanning, channelizing, chlorinating, christenings, frenchifying, handicapping, trichinizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 43 48 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.-. .... .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N C H I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0043 0048 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43483742434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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