Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crane
nouncraning (plural cranings)
plural cranings
- The act of one who cranes.
His slow volubility, the sideways cranings of his neck, the black glances out of the very corners of his eyes […]
1902, Joseph Conrad, “The End of the Tether”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, page 255
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with craning
trainingremainingmaintainingentertaininggainingretainingcomplainingrainingdrainingwaningreigningplaningchainingreiningcaningfeigningaquatrainingpotty trainingpotty untrainingunpotty trainingunstaining
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
craning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craning
MLA
“craning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “craning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craning.
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