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[ duhs-ting ] / ˈdʌs tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dusting ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna light application: a dusting of powder. a beating; defeat: He gave his opponent a good dusting. Origin of dustingFirst recorded in 1615–25; dust + -ing1 Words nearby dustingdust explosion, dust gun, dust head, dustheap, Dustin, dusting, dusting powder, dust jacket, dust kitten, dustman, dust mite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dustingThe wounded warrior in front of me rode so well, and so fast, dusting me in the flats, that for a while I forgot he was a veteran. At the Wounded Warrior 100K, How George W. Bush Really Rolls|Mark McKinnon|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST “We are dusting ourselves off and looking at how we can correct our mistakes,” said Collegio, of American Crossroads. Is the Cult of Karl Rove Over?|David Freedlander|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST The equipment keeps changing, but people were using lasers and dusting powders that fluoresced when I started. Patricia Cornwell Talks New Book, 'Red Mist,' Forensics, and Angelina Jolie|Janice Kaplan|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST Signs show you dusting off shelved entrepreneurial projects or weaving more commerce into the fabric of your daily life. Horoscopes: May 8-14|Starsky + Cox|May 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Philip Lim, too, presented a more sober collection of muted palettes—but, as he often does—topped it off with a dusting of gold. Fashion Week Day 7|Isabel Wilkinson|February 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST He walks slowly, dusting the iron railing, then turns to give my door a few light strokes with the cat-o'-many-tails. Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman This was done by dusting them, as it were, by quick transverse motions of his extended hands. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847|Various Never very robust, she still exercised what strength she had in a ceaseless round of sweeping and dusting. The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond Mild antiseptic and astringent lotions or dusting powders should also be advised. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon No, she was dusting under the bed, and could not have heard,—at least he thought not. Paul the Courageous|Mabel Quiller-Couch
Words related to dustingdrubbing, rout, thrashing, licking, slaughter, walloping, beating, whipping, trouncing |