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Definition of Idling
1. Noun. Having no employment.
Generic synonyms: Inactivity
Specialized synonyms: Dolce Far Niente
Derivative terms: Idle, Idle, Idle
Definition of Idling
1. Verb. (present participle of idle) ¹
2. Noun. An idle period; something done idly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idling
1. idle [v] - See also: idle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idling
Literary usage of Idling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"The only adjustment which might be useful is the idling adjustment. When the
butterfly throttle valve T is nearly closed and the motor is turned off, ..."
2. Motor Vehicles and Their Engines: A Practical Handbook on the Care, Repair by Edward Smith Fraser, Ralph B. Jones (1919)
"GO—idling Jet H jet "L." Air is drawn through the hole "K" and mixes with the
gasoline to form a finely divided mist which passes on to the jet "L." This ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"Care should be taken to have the butterfly held firmly against this stop screw
at all times while idling motor.. If the single motor seems to run ..."
4. Annals of Medical History by Francis Randolph Packard (1921)
"BOOK REVIEWS idling IN ITALY. Studies of Literature and of Life. ... Perhaps the
study of Italian literature represents idling to a neurologist—the ..."
5. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... which we complied with; though we could hardly persuade ourselves to be so
long idling; and we rowed up to Joseph-Town this Forenoon, timely enough to ..."
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