anting

[ an-ting ]

noun
  1. the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.

Origin of anting

1
1935–40; ant + -ing1, as translation of German Einemsen

Words Nearby anting

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How to use anting in a sentence

  • Thousands insisted that he must have voluntarily surrendered, for how could he have been caught when he had the anting-anting?

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • Their faith in what they call their anting anting16 is unbreakable.

    The Katipunan | J. Brecknock Watson (AKA Francis St. Clair)
  • Piang, we look to you to protect us from Bal-Bal, to you and your sacred anting-anting.

  • The Chinese were given until noon on October 13 to give up the anting gate.

    General Gordon | Seton Churchill
  • Brigands are often captured wearing medallions of the Virgin Mary or the Saints as a device of the anting-anting.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman

British Dictionary definitions for anting

anting

/ (ˈæntɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the placing or rubbing of ants by birds on their feathers. The body fluids of the ants are thought to repel parasites

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