packing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (verb and noun senses) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpakɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpækɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ækɪŋ
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

packing

  1. present participle and gerund of pack

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from packing (verb)

Noun[edit]

packing (plural packings)

  1. The action of the verb.
    1. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
    2. (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
    3. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
    4. (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
  2. As a concrete noun.
    1. Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
    2. Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
    3. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
    4. Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
      Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column
  3. Clipping of meatpacking.

Adjective[edit]

packing (comparative more packing, superlative most packing)

  1. (slang) ( of a man) having a large penis.

Derived terms[edit]