hollowing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From hollow.

Verb

hollowing

  1. present participle and gerund of hollow

Noun

hollowing (plural hollowings)

  1. The process by which something becomes hollowed, or the result of that process.
    Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollow, cavity, concavity, depression
    • 2007, Dirk Nolf, James C. Tyler, “Otolith evidence concerning interrelationships of caproid, zeiform and tetraodontiform fishes”, in Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie‎[1], volume 76, pages 147–189:
      Such hollowing is not seen in the smaller otoliths figured by Campana (herein reproduced on Pl. 5, Fig. 1) and by Ohe, and it may be a feature that […]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From hollow.

Verb

hollowing

  1. present participle and gerund of hollow

Noun

hollowing (plural hollowings)

  1. The act of one who hollows (hollos); a cry or shouting.
    Near-synonyms: hallooing, halloo, hollering, holler, bellowing, bellow
    • 1819, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Travels in Nubia:
      At length, about three o'clock in the morning, we heard the distant hollowings of our watermen, and soon after refreshed ourselves with copious draughts of the delicious water of the Nile.
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