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brooking

SayBRUUK-ing/ˈbɹʊkɪŋ/

2 meanings of brooking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of brook.

    The new director ran the department with a firm hand, brooking no dissent from senior staff.

    Brooking criticism has never been one of the senator's strengths.

    Note

    The -ing form keeps the verb's taste for negatives: brooking no argument, brooking no delay, brooking no dissent. It usually trails a clause as a participle phrase (a tone brooking no dissent) or follows a preposition as a gerund (without brooking any objection). It is the verb of tolerating, not the stream; capitalized, Brooking is a surname.

Less common meaning

  1. 2
    proper noun
    A family name.

brooking is a form of brook

brook, verb: To tolerate or put up with something, used mainly in negative statements such as brook no argument. Full entry

Forms
brookbrooks he/she/itbrooking -ing formbrooked past tense, past participle
Spelling
brook → brooking: add -ing

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