boating

== English == === Etymology === boat +‎ -ing === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊtɪŋ/, [ˈboʊ̯ɾɪŋ] Homophone: boding Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ === Noun === boating (countable and uncountable, plural boatings) The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat. (historical) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === boating present participle and gerund of boat === Anagrams === Baoting, Tongbai