Meaning of Fanning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act by which something is fanned.
2. A surname.
3. Winnowing.
4. A shooting technique in which the shooter uses one hand to hold a revolver and pull the trigger, while using the other hand to cock the hammer repeatedly in a slapping-like fashion.
5. A very small fragment of tea leaf.
6. A beating.
   UK, archaic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Each shrub of shade, each tree of spreading root, / That woo the first glad fannings of the breeze.”

“Generally orthodox teas have⟳ four grades, namely whole leaf, broken leaf, fannings and dust.”

“[…] he found himself facing these four grim coves, big as bull-beef, demanders by trade⟳ and ready to give⟳ him a fanning, which they did, advising him to keep⟳ out of the Professor's way in future and never to speak⟳ with any from Idle Jack's family again. Within fifteen minutes, Carmichael had three broken ribs, a broken arm, a cracked cheekbone, a badly swollen eye, and was minus five teeth.”

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