Shovelling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is shovelled.

    "The latter is usually executed two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings; but in the work in question, we should go down between three and four spits, without any shovellings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shovel UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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""The whole of Germany is under a blanket of snow," blared the radio, quite oblivious to the fact that I'd just come in from shovelling the stuff."

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