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milking

SayMILK-ing/ˈmɪlkɪŋ/

Noun pluralmilkings

3 meanings of milking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of milk. Use it for the action as it happens now or as the name of the activity.

    The farmer is milking the cows in the early morning.

    Milking the goats by hand takes real patience.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of taking milk from a cow, goat, or other animal.

    The morning milking starts at five o'clock.

    After the milking, the farmer washed all the buckets.

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  3. 3
    nouncolloquialcountable
    Sexual stimulation of a man by hand or mouth until semen comes out, often done on a special table.

    The milking took place on a padded table in the back room.

    At the sex club, he asked for a slow milking that lasted almost an hour.

milking is a form of milk

milk, verb: To get milk from a cow or other animal, or to take another liquid such as venom from an animal. Full entry

Forms
milkmilks he/she/itmilking -ing formmilked past tense, past participle
Spelling
milk → milking: add -ing

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Origins

Meaning 1

This is the present participle of the verb "milk," from Old English "meolcian" (to milk).

Meanings 2–3

This comes from "milk" plus the ending "-ing."