staking

English

Verb

staking

present participle of stake

Noun

staking (plural stakings)

An act of stabbing with a stake.
- 2009, Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer, They Bite
  Despite the quick, clean “dustings” shown on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or the bloody stakings in so many vampire films, the stake was not a weapon used to actually destroy a vampire but a tool in a more elaborate exorcism.

Anagrams

Gitksan, skating, skin tag, skin-tag, skintag, takings, tasking

Dutch

Etymology

From staken +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstakɪŋ/
Audio (file)

Noun

staking f (plural stakingen, diminutive stakinkje n)

strike (work stoppage)

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