inching
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editinching
- present participle and gerund of inch
Noun
editinching (plural inchings)
- Very gradual movement.
- 2019, Francis Lynde, Empire Builders:
- From behind the trucks of the box-car a slender pole, headed with what appeared to be an empty oyster tin, and trailing a black line of fuse, was projecting itself along the ground by slow inchings, creeping across the lighted space […]