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View synonyms for rubbing

rubbing

[ ruhb-ing ]

noun

  1. an act or action of a person or thing that rubs.
  2. an impression of an incised or sculptured surface made by laying paper over it and rubbing with heelball, graphite, or a similar substance until the image appears.


rubbing

/ ˈrʌbɪŋ /

noun

  1. an impression taken of an incised or raised surface, such as a brass plate on a tomb, by laying paper over it and rubbing with wax, graphite, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rubbing1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; rub, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The better she does,” she said, rubbing the skin around the clamps, “the heavier it gets.

Establishment figures, Tea Partiers, evangelicals, and libertarians will all be rubbing elbows at a single theater.

Many were heard coughing and seen rubbing watery, stinging red eyes.

For the past week, political junkies throughout my home city of Chicago have been rubbing our hands in giddy anticipation.

He had his right hand to his face and was absent-mindedly rubbing the scar on his left cheekbone.

“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.

"Thank you," said Lauritz, in his deepest tones, as he stood rubbing his hands together in the doorway.

She put her free hand up to his shoulder, and then against his cheek, rubbing it softly.

It pleased him also to get on familiar terms with the big dogs that came about him, rubbing themselves sociably against his legs.

No shooting and they would be miles away before they stopped rubbing their eyes in that one water-tank burg.

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