2. Adjective. Tending to strike unexpectedly, in the fashion of one who submarines ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Submarining
1. submarine [v] - See also: submarine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Submarining
Literary usage of Submarining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey Through France in War Time by Joseph Green Butler (1917)
"A copy of an English publication was brought to my attention during the Belgian
conference, and I was struck by a paragraph which is quoted:— submarining ..."
2. Prosthetics/Amputations/Orthotics/Orthopedics and Spinal Cord Injury and edited by Mindy L. Aisen (2000)
"Such failures can permit occupant submarining or excessive occupant excursions,
... submarining injuries of 3 pt. belted occupants in frontal crashes. ..."
3. The Spy on the Submarine; Or, Over and Under the Sea by Thomas Drayton Parker (1918)
"CHAPTER IX submarining AT LAST "D RIDGE and the other officers and men ^~^ quickly
disarmed the Germans and took charge of the submarine. ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"See Willey, Day Allen Wilhelm, Donald Confessions of a munition-maker. Cent 94:
Dan of Hell Gate. Illus World 26:349-52 N '16 Etiquette of submarining. ..."
5. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"... father became interested in the subject of submarining when teaching school
in Ireland in 1863. He read of the battle between the Monitor and the ..."
6. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"It was so widely announced in Germany that unrestricted submarining was Germany's
last weapon, which was to bring her rapid victory, that it is difficult to ..."
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