browning

plural brownings

1. countableuncountableThe act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
2. countableuncountableAny of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
3. countableuncountablebusinessA smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
4. JamaicacountableA brown-skinned person.

   One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

   2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of brown

plural Brownings

1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
2. countableuncountableA person of that surname.

   Robert Browning, a poet.

   1 more example

   John Browning, a firearms designer.

3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
4. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
   2. countableuncountableA village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableA minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
   4. countableuncountableA town in Glacier County, Montana.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
   6. countableuncountableA town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
   7. countableuncountableA rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
   8. countableuncountableA community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
   9. countableuncountableAn asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System

      Synonyms: 25851, 25851 Browning, (25851) Browning, 2000 EE120, 25851, (25851) 2000 EE120, 25851 (2000 EE120) Browning, 2000 EE120 Browning

plural Brownings

1. Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
2. Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun

   Synonyms: BAR