noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece of wool rolled by a carding machine. countable
2. 2
   The fraudulent trafficking of credit card details. uncountable
3. 3
   A police practice where an officer stops, questions, and documents information from a person to gather intelligence, when no crime or suspicion of crime has been committed. Canada, countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of card form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

batting ordercalling cardmenuwagaceact

Example

More examples

"Thank you for carding the wool."

Related phrases

carding machinecredit card

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