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View synonyms for detailing

detailing

[ dee-tey-ling ]

noun

  1. the process of thoroughly cleaning the interior and exterior of a vehicle and doing minor repairs to improve its appearance:

    auto detailing.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of detailing1

First recorded in 1970–75; detail ( def 13 ) + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Bowman had just written an op-ed for TheWashington Post detailing alleged sexual assaults by Cosby in the mid-1980s.

Now, Thorne is out with a new diagram-heavy, 300-page book detailing how he shaped the science that powers the movie.

Now, Cooke is out with a memoir detailing his time with the rocker.

Biden showed a brief film detailing the story of female marines working with women in Afghanistan.

On many levels, fewer things than science—in detailing where we came from, what we are, how we function—are more human.

We engaged the guards in pleasant conversation, detailing incidents of the war.

The unfortunate boy whose history I am detailing finally became a proverb in his native town.

Once aboard and before they reached the Ranty he was detailing answers to some of Davy's questions.

Q were groaning on the ground, and the Captain was detailing men to carry them back to where the Surgeon had established himself.

I can lay claim to scrupulous exactness both in detailing facts and in reporting the remarks of others.

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