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Definition of Sluicing
1. Adjective. Pouring from or as if from a sluice. "The sluicing rain"
Participles: Sluice
Definition of Sluicing
1. Verb. (present participle of sluice) ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sluicing
1. sluice [v] - See also: sluice