Goring
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Goring is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of gore.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of gore.
More Meanings
- The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
- (textiles) A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
- (nautical) Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.
Example Sentences
The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.
Word Forms
- gorings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blood, bloodshed, morris, wounding, gashing, gorefest.
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