staking

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noun

An act of stabbing with a stake.

OriginMiddle English stakyng ← Old English stacung →
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Meanings

staking1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stake

staking2

nounstaking (plural stakings)

plural stakings

  1. An act of stabbing with a stake.

    Despite the quick, clean “dustings” shown on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or the bloody stakings in so many vampire films, the stake was not a weapon used to actually destroy a vampire but a tool in a more elaborate exorcism.

    2009, Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer, They Bite

Origin

staking · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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staking · noun

  1. Old English*stacian“to drive stakes”
  2. Old Englishstacung“staking”
  3. Middle Englishstakyng
  4. Englishstaking

From Middle English stakyng, staking, from Old English stacung (“staking”), from Old English *stacian (“to drive stakes”), equivalent to stake + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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