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Sluicing

noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    pouring from or as if from a sluice wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sluice form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.

Etymology 2

(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.

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