kitchen-sinking

See also: kitchen sinking

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: kit‧chen-sink‧ing

Etymology

From kitchen sink (noun) +‎ -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the acts of doing things), referring to terms like everything but the kitchen sink and throw the kitchen sink at. The term is attested earlier than kitchen sink (verb).

Noun

kitchen-sinking (plural kitchen-sinkings)

1. The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
2. (business) The act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.

Alternative forms

• kitchen sinking

Derived terms

• kitchen sink (verb, back-formation)

Translations

act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument

• Finnish: aiheeseen liittymättömien valitusten esittäminen
• Galician: please add this translation if you can

act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company in one go

• Finnish: kaikkien huonojen tietojen julkistus kerralla
• Galician: please add this translation if you can