sliding

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/ Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ === Verb === sliding present participle and gerund of slide === Noun === sliding (plural slidings) The motion of something that slides. skeleton (winter sport) === Adjective === sliding (not comparable) Designed or able to slide. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Anagrams === idlings, sidling == Dutch == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from sliding. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sliding m (plural slidings, diminutive slidinkje n) (soccer) a slide tackle (rowing) slide, track (one of two parallel grooves that guide the small wheels of a sliding seat in a rowing boat) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === slydynge, slidyng, slydyng, slidinge, slithinge === Etymology === From sliden +‎ -ynge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsliːdinɡ(ə)/ === Noun === sliding The act of making a slip or losing one's traction. (rare) Effortless or fluid movement. (rare) Dragging; moving something alongside oneself. ==== Descendants ==== English: sliding Scots: slidin, sliding ==== References ==== “slīding(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 September 2018.