nooning

Pluralnoonings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of noon. Use this form for stopping to rest or eat at midday while it is happening.

   The travelers were nooning beside the stream after walking all morning.

   We spent a quiet hour nooning under the big oak tree.

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2. 2
   nounarchaic

   A meal eaten in the middle of the day.

   Like lunch: the midday meal that gives you energy for the afternoon.

   The workers stopped to eat their nooning in the field.

   In proper California fashion we made our nooning by the roadside, pulling up under the shade of a hospitable sycamore and turning Sorreltop out to graze.

   1909, Various, The California Birthday BookHere, nooning means a midday meal, lunch.

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3. 3
   nounarchaic

   A short sleep or rest taken in the middle of the day.

   Like a quick nap some people take after lunch to feel fresh again.

   After lunch, the old man took his nooning in the rocking chair.

   It was the nooning hour, and the men at their limited leisure lay in the sun on the piles of lumber, like lizards.

   1912, Charles Egbert Craddock, The OrdealHere, nooning means the midday rest time.

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