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

Definitions

Noun

1. 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

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

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

Verb

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

Adjective

1. 1
   Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102) countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

boreboringgoring-on-thameshermann wilhelm goringpenetrationperforation

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

Related phrases

Goring-by-Sea

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