name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of colling; hugging or embracing. uncountable

   "`'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'"

Verb

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

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname originating as a patronymic.

Synonyms

All synonyms

cwtchembracehughug

Example

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"`'Tis melancholy work facing and footing it to one of your own sort, and no clasping and colling at all.'"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English collyng.

Etymology 2

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

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