soaking

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak +‎ -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum. === Verb === soaking present participle and gerund of soak === Noun === soaking (countable and uncountable, plural soakings) Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking. The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse. === Adjective === soaking (comparative more soaking, superlative most soaking) Extremely wet; saturated. Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “soaking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.