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[ adjective ] pouring from or as if from a sluice

Examples

: "the sluicing rain"

Used in print

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

He was only vaguely aware of the sluicing rain .

Related terms

sluice

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Rhymes with

slicing lessing splicing dousing reducing dowsing inducing icing blessing spacing sing lancing lansing sensing lapsing nursing cursing pulsing missing kissing casing pacing passing facing voicing tossing guessing gassing racing hissing distressing replacing releasing unceasing surpassing coaxing bouncing dispensing relaxing relapsing perplexing surfacing servicing engrossing processing trespassing diagnosing balancing tracing dressing pressing pricing crossing bracing rejoicing trouncing fencing piercing dancing rinsing coursing mixing caressing waxing boxing mincing taxing vexing purchasing fixing enticing embracing professing decreasing depressing compressing debasing repressing refocusing increasing focusing embarrassing encompassing decreasing practicing promising condensing convincing canvassing buttressing menacing unconvincing unpromising advancing financing hairdressing indexing teleconferencing

Phonetic and Homophones

S L UW1 S IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

slicing slouching slouchingly sloughing slashing slacking slowgoing

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