Meanings
milking1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of milk
milking2
plural milkings
- countableuncountableThe act by which any animal is milked.
The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
1 more example
We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day.
- countableinformaluncountableMale masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.
Origin
milking · verb
- Old Englishmeolcian
- Old Englishmeolcġende
- Middle Englishmylkand
- Englishmilking
From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →milking · noun
- Middle Englishmilkinge
- Englishmilking
From Middle English milkinge, mylkynge, equivalent to milk + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄμελξις
- ἄμελξις (ámelxis)the act by which a cow is milked
Arabic حَلْب
- حَلْب (ḥalb)the act by which a cow is milked
Chinese Mandarin 擠奶 /挤奶
- 擠奶 /挤奶 (jǐnǎi)the act by which a cow is milked
Esperanto melkado
- melkadothe act by which a cow is milked
Finnish lypsy
- lypsythe act by which a cow is milked
French traite, mulsion
- traitethe act by which a cow is milked
- mulsionthe act by which a cow is milked
German Melken
- Melkenthe act by which a cow is milked
Hungarian fejés
- fejésthe act by which a cow is milked
Irish bleán
- bleánthe act by which a cow is milked
Italian mungitura
- mungiturathe act by which a cow is milked
Māori whakatētētanga
- whakatētētangathe act by which a cow is milked
Norwegian Bokmål melking, mål
- melkingthe act by which a cow is milked
- målthe act by which a cow is milked
Polish dój, udój
- dójthe act by which a cow is milked
- udójthe act by which a cow is milked
Portuguese ordenha
- ordenhathe act by which a cow is milked
Romanian mulgere, muls
- mulgerethe act by which a cow is milked
- mulsthe act by which a cow is milked
- mulsurăthe act by which a cow is milked
Russian дое́ние, до́йка
- дое́ние (dojénije)the act by which a cow is milked
- до́йка (dójka)the act by which a cow is milked
Scottish Gaelic bleoghann
- bleoghannthe act by which a cow is milked
Spanish ordeño
- ordeñothe act by which a cow is milked
Turkish sağım, sağma
- sağımthe act by which a cow is milked
- sağmathe act by which a cow is milked
Cite this entry
milking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milking
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