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raking

  1. present participle and gerund of rake

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raking (comparative more raking, superlative most raking)

  1. Swiftly moving.
    • 2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Ipswich (agg 3 - 1)”, in BBC[1]:
      You could feel the relief after Bendtner collected Wilshere's raking pass before cutting inside Carlos Edwards and burying his shot beyond Fulop.
  2. Sloping; having a rake or incline.

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raking (plural rakings)

  1. The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
  2. A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
  3. (music) a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.

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