Meanings
adjectivesluicing (comparative more sluicing, superlative most sluicing)
comparative more sluicing · superlative most sluicing
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sluice
nounsluicing (countable and uncountable, plural sluicings)
plural sluicings
- countableuncountableThe act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.
Origin
(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kastelu, rännitys
- kasteluact of sluicing
- rännitysact of sluicing
Polish płukanie, przemywanie
- płukanieact of sluicing
- przemywanieact of sluicing
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APA
sluicing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluicing
MLA
“sluicing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluicing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sluicing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluicing.
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