noun
Meaning 1
A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
legging
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛɡɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of leg
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leging, leg covering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
Narrower terms: chap, gaiter, puttee, spat
History
Etymology
From leg + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cheyenne: hohtoho — leg covering
- Chinese Mandarin: 綁腿 /绑腿 (bǎngtuǐ) — leg covering
- Chinese Mandarin: 打底褲 /打底裤 (dǎdǐkù) — leg covering
- Esperanto: kruringo — leg covering
- Finnish: pitkäthousut — leg covering
- Finnish: leggingsit — leg covering
- Finnish: pitkikset — leg covering
- Finnish: trikoohousut — leg covering
- French: molletière — leg covering
- German: Überhose — leg covering
- Hungarian: cicanadrág — leg covering
- Hungarian: macskanadrág — leg covering
- Hungarian: sztreccsnadrág — leg covering
- Icelandic: legghlíf — leg covering
- Malay: sarung betis — leg covering
- Māori: pārengarenga — leg covering
- Māori: pāpari — leg covering
- Māori: rēkena — leg covering
- Persian: زنگال (zangâl) — leg covering
- Persian: لگن (legen) — leg covering
- Polish: legginsy — leg covering
- Portuguese: legging — leg covering
- Russian: ге́тра (gétra) — leg covering
- Russian: лоси́ны (losíny) — leg covering
- Russian: ле́ггинсы (légginsy) — leg covering
- Russian: ле́гинсы (léginsy) — leg covering
- Spanish: piernera — leg covering
- Tagalog: polaynas — leg covering
- Taos: cìatúną — leg covering
- Dutch: legging — tight-fitting stretch pants
- French: legging — tight-fitting stretch pants
- German: Leggings — tight-fitting stretch pants
- German: Leggins — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Italian: leggings — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Japanese: レギンス (reginsu) — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Korean: 레깅스 (regingseu) — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Portuguese: legging — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Russian: лоси́ны (losíny) — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Spanish: legging (leguin) — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Spanish: leggings — tight-fitting stretch pants
- Spanish: piernera — tight-fitting stretch pants