sluicing

== English == === Etymology === (linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross. === Adjective === sluicing (comparative more sluicing, superlative most sluicing) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === sluicing present participle and gerund of sluice === Noun === sluicing (countable and uncountable, plural sluicings) The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching. (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause. ==== Translations ====