Staking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Staking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of stake.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of stake.
More Meanings
- An act of stabbing with a stake.
Example Sentences
Despite the quick, clean “dustings” shown on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or the bloody stakings in so many vampire films, the stake was not a weapon used to actually destroy a vampire but a tool in a more elaborate exorcism.
Word Forms
- stakings
Synonyms for staking
Depending on context, synonyms include risking, hazarding, bet, wager.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hazarding, wager, bet, risking, position, sequencing.
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