charging

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/ or IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɹd͡ʒɪŋ]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/ or IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːd͡ʒɪŋ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒɪŋ

Verb

charging

1. present participle and gerund of charge

Derived terms

• charging case
• chargingly
• charging the mound
• hard-charging
• noncharging

 

Noun

charging (countable and uncountable, plural chargings)

1. (countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).
2. (uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.

   Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.

Derived terms

• charging point
• charging station

Translations

act or process

• Finnish: lataaminen (fi), lataus (fi), varaaminen (fi)

basketball: offensive foul

• Finnish: törmäysvirhe