garlicking
SayGAR-lik-ingUS/ˈɡɑɹlɪkɪŋ/UK/ˈɡɑːlɪkɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of garlic.
He spent the afternoon garlicking the lamb shoulder ahead of the evening roast.
Garlicking the softened butter turned a plain spread into something far more fragrant.
Note
A kitchen verb made from the noun: to garlic a dish is to flavor it with garlic. Watch the spelling. A k joins the c before -ing, as in picnicking and trafficking, so the c keeps its hard sound. The one form does double duty, as a participle (was garlicking the lamb) and as a verbal noun (the garlicking of the butter).
garlicking is a form of garlic
garlic, verb: To season or flavor food with garlic. Full entry
- Spelling
- garlic → garlicking: add k, then -ing
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