noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪlkɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET:M IH1 L K IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act by which any animal is milked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day.
The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of milk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English milkinge, mylkynge, equivalent to milk + -ing.
From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Southern Altai:
сааш
(saaš)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Southern Altai:
сааганы
(saaganï)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Arabic:
حَلْب
(ḥalb)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Armenian:
կիթ
(kitʻ)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Old Armenian:
կիթ
(kitʻ)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Chinese Mandarin:
擠奶 /挤奶
(jǐnǎi)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Esperanto:
melkado
— the act by which a cow is milked
Finnish:
lypsy
— the act by which a cow is milked
French:
traite
— the act by which a cow is milked
French:
mulsion
— the act by which a cow is milked
German:
Melken
— the act by which a cow is milked
Ancient Greek:
ἄμελξις
(ámelxis)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Hungarian:
fejés
— the act by which a cow is milked
Irish:
bleán
— the act by which a cow is milked
Italian:
mungitura
— the act by which a cow is milked
Malayalam:
കറവ
(kaṟava)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Māori:
whakatētētanga
— the act by which a cow is milked
Norman:
traithie
— the act by which a cow is milked
Norwegian Bokmål:
melking
— the act by which a cow is milked
Norwegian Bokmål:
mål
— the act by which a cow is milked
Old English:
meolcian
— the act by which a cow is milked
Polish:
dój
— the act by which a cow is milked
Polish:
udój
— the act by which a cow is milked
Portuguese:
ordenha
— the act by which a cow is milked
Romanian:
mulgere
— the act by which a cow is milked
Romanian:
muls
— the act by which a cow is milked
Romanian:
mulsură
— the act by which a cow is milked
Russian:
дое́ние
(dojénije)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Russian:
до́йка
(dójka)
— the act by which a cow is milked
Scottish Gaelic:
bleoghann
— the act by which a cow is milked
Spanish:
ordeño
— the act by which a cow is milked
