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Meaning of Goring | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
  2. A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
  3. A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
  4. A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Equivalents

العربية الطّعن
Català banyada cornada
Español cornada
Français coup de corne Goring
Galego cornada
Italiano cornata
Português chifrada cornada marrada

Examples

“The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.”

CEFR level

C2
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