escaping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /əsˈkeɪpɪŋ/, /ɛsˈkeɪpɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ

Noun

escaping (plural escapings)

1. The act of one who escapes; an escape.
2. That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.
   • 1947, Joseph Dever, No Lasting Home, page 406:

     The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper.

   • 2006, William W. Johnstone, Gunsight Crossing:

     Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.

Verb

escaping

1. present participle and gerund of escape