"chancing" meaning in English

See chancing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: chancings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chancing (plural chancings)
  1. Something that happens by chance.
    Sense id: en-chancing-en-noun-Zu-Ju8eN
  2. (Philippines) sexual advance with suggestive body contact Tags: Philippines
    Sense id: en-chancing-en-noun-d3GDckMW Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 58 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chancing
  1. present participle and gerund of chance Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: chance
    Sense id: en-chancing-en-verb--Q7jS63a

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1832, Robert Mudie, The Botanic Annual, page viii:",
          "text": "Although some of the subjects treated of are deciduous, all of them last for seasons; and such is the intention of the book, whatever may be its chance in a world of chancings.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Thomas Hardy, A Procession of Dead Days:",
          "text": "I did not know what better or worse / Chancings might bless or curse […]",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "Something that happens by chance."
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