loosing
SayLOOS-ing/ˈluːsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of loose.
The handler was loosing the falcon when the rabbit broke cover.
The festival closed with the loosing of a hundred white doves.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. As a participle it carries the progressive (was loosing the falcon); as a gerund it names the act itself (the loosing of the doves). Its range follows loose: freeing what was held, unfastening a knot, letting an arrow fly, a grip giving way. Because it sits one letter from losing, it is easily mistaken for that word; loosing always means setting something free, never failing to keep it.
loosing is a form of loose
loose, verb: To set free from restraints; to let loose. Full entry
- Spelling
- loose → loosing: drop the e, add -ing
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