splaying

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noun

A shape or motion that splays.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of splay
nounsplaying (plural splayings)

plural splayings

  1. A shape or motion that splays.

    I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice.

    1970, Hélène Cixous, The Third Body, page 60

Origin

From splay + -ing.

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APA

splaying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splaying

MLA

“splaying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splaying. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splaying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splaying.

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