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noun
The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of sluice
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
pouring from or as if from a sluice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
