goring

See also: Goring

English

Verb

goring

1. present participle and gerund of gore

Noun

goring (plural gorings)

1. The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
   • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie, page 15:

     The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.

2. (textiles) A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.

Translations

the act by which something is gored

• Catalan: banyada (ca) f, cornada f
• French: coup de corne m
• Galician: cornada (gl) f
• Italian: cornata f
• Portuguese: cornada (pt) f, chifrada f, marrada (pt) f
• Spanish: cornada f

Adjective

goring (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

Anagrams

• gringo, orging