Dispatching

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
  2. 2
    burial informal

    "The three liturgically recognized stages in life are sometimes referred to as “hatching, matching and dispatching."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dispatch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"The three liturgically recognized stages in life are sometimes referred to as “hatching, matching and dispatching."

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