sluicing (0 synonym found)

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Definition of sluicing:

(n) : The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
(n) : (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.

Definition of sluicing:

(n) : The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
(n) : (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause.

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