"Turking" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Amazon Mechanical Turk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|-ing}} -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Turking (uncountable)
  1. The act or process of performing small tasks using the Amazon Mechanical Turk service. Wikipedia link: Amazon Mechanical Turk Tags: uncountable Related terms: Turker
    Sense id: en-Turking-en-noun-ZqwuaxRD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing

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