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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: cling‧ing

Verb

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clinging

  1. present participle and gerund of cling

Synonyms

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Noun

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clinging (plural clingings)

  1. The act of one who clings.
    • 2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics, page 217:
      The mind [] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.

Adjective

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clinging

  1. clingy.
    • 1894, Ludovic Halévy, Parisian Points of View, page 182:
      Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.
    • 2008, John Bowlby, Attachment:
      He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.
    • 2016, Ferenc Szabadváry, R. Belcher, L. Gordon, History of Analytical Chemistry, page 15:
      It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable.

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