escaping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /ɛsˈkeɪpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ

Verb

escaping

1. present participle and gerund of escape

Noun

escaping (plural escapings)

1. The act of one who escapes; an escape.
2. That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
   • 1947, Joseph Dever, No Lasting Home, page 406:

     The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper.

   • 2006, William W. Johnstone, Gunsight Crossing:

     Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.