Culling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Culling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cull.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of cull.
More Meanings
- The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
- Anything separated or selected from a mass.
- (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete) The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.
Example Sentences
Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.
It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.
Word Forms
- cullings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pluck, reject, pick, slaughtering, eradication, kill.
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