nosing

Meaning of nosing

verb
  1. To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
    The ship nosed through the minefield.
  2. To snoop.
    She was nosing around other people’s business.
  3. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
  4. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
  5. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
  6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
    to nose a prayer
  7. To furnish with a nose.
    to nose a stair tread
  8. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
noun
  1. An animal's pushing or exploration with the nose.
  2. That part of the treadboard of a stair that projects over the riser.
  3. Any similar projection, such as the projecting edge of a moulding.

Information about nosing

  • The plural form of nosing is: nosings.
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Hyphenation of nosing

nos-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • nosing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of nosing

Ngonis, signon, soning

Words that rhyme with nosing

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