skying
SaySKY-ing/ˈskaɪɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of sky.
The striker was skying his shots well over the crossbar all afternoon.
Skying the cricket ball straight to a waiting fielder, he was caught out.
Note
A form that does double duty: a progressive verb (he was skying his shots) and a gerund naming the action (skying from a bottle). The y stays before -ing, as in flying, so it never collides with skiing. Behind it sits a verb of heights and tosses: kicking a ball high, clearing a bar, drinking without lips touching the container, and the dated gallery habit of hanging a picture too high to see.
skying is a form of sky
sky, verb: In ball games, to hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high, often by mistake. Full entry
- Spelling
- sky → skying: add -ing
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