fanning

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfænɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ænɪŋ === Verb === fanning present participle and gerund of fan === Noun === fanning (plural fannings) The act by which something is fanned. Winnowing. (firearms) A shooting technique in which the shooter uses one hand to hold a revolver and pull the trigger, while using the other hand to cock the hammer repeatedly in a slapping-like fashion. A very small fragment of tea leaf. (UK, slang, archaic) A beating. ==== Derived terms ==== fanning mill ==== References ==== (beating): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary