taking

taking

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪkɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

Adjective

taking (comparative more taking, superlative most taking)

  1. Alluring; attractive.
    • 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, Book 3, Chapter 1,[2]
      “Yes, Paris must be a taking place,” said Humphrey. “Grand shop-winders, trumpets, and drums; and here be we out of doors in all winds and weathers—”
  2. (obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
    • 1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The False One, Act IV, Scene 3,[3]
      Come not near me,
      For I am yet too taking for your company.

Derived terms

  • takingly
  • takingness

Translations

Noun

taking (countable and uncountable, plural takings)

  1. The act by which something is taken.
  2. (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
  3. (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
    • 1970, Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave, New York: Fawcett Crest, Book 1, Chapter 2, p. 26,[6]
      “[...] there’ll be a beating for someone, by my reckoning, if he’s not there by the time the King’s looking round for him. He’s been in a rare taking since the outriders came in, that I can tell you.”
  4. (in the plural) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
    Synonyms: income, receipts
    Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
    Count the shop's takings.

Translations

Verb

taking

  1. present participle of take

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧king
  • IPA(key): /ˈtakiŋ/, [ˈta.xɪŋ]

Noun

taking

  1. (Taal Batangas) boy
    Synonyms: totoy, toto, tuto, itoy

See also

  • tagay

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