fixing

[ fik-sing ]
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noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that fixes.

  2. fixings. Also fix·in's [fik-sinz]. /ˈfɪk sɪnz/. Informal.

    • the necessary ingredients: salad fixings.

    • the appropriate accompaniments; trimmings: turkey with all the fixings.

Origin of fixing

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at fix, -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for fixing

fixing

/ (ˈfɪksɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a means of attaching one thing to another, as a pipe to a wall, slate to a roof, etc

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