"pulling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-pulling.ogg [US] Forms: pullings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English pulling, pullyng, pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pulling}} Middle English pulling, {{m|enm|pullyng}} pullyng, {{m|enm|pullynge}} pullynge, {{af|en|pull|-ing}} pull + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} pulling (plural pullings)
  1. The act by which something is pulled. Derived forms: leg-pulling
    Sense id: en-pulling-en-noun-VaKLu8PY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-pulling.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌlɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English *pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*pullynge}} Middle English *pullynge, {{af|en|pull|-ing}} pull + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pulling
  1. present participle and gerund of pull Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pull
    Sense id: en-pulling-en-verb-YEF-wRxd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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