fleeing - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• IPA(key): /ˈfliːɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːɪŋ

fleeing

1. present participle and gerund of flee

fleeing (plural fleeings)

1. The act of one who flees.
   • 1865, The Dublin Review, page 58:
     Until the year 211, "Adamantius" taught, studied, prayed, and fasted amidst disturbance, martyrdoms, and fleeings from house to house […]

• feeling, fine leg, flingee