parking

[par-king]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.

2. space in which to park vehicles, as at a place of business or a public event.

   There's plenty of free parking at the stadium.

3. permission to park vehicles.

   Is there parking on this side of the street?

4. the activity or occupation of a person who operates or works in a parking lot, garage, or the like.

5. parking strip.

6. Informal.,  the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car.

   Some of the couples went parking on their way home from the dance.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, used for, or engaged in parking, especially of vehicles.

   parking regulations; a parking ticket; a parking space; a parking attendant.

Other Word Forms

• unparking adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of parking¹

First recorded in 1520–30; park + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

“You can take your stuff out of this office tonight. You can use my parking space if you want.”

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The company has about 650,000 members in the UK who rent cars by the hour or day from an app and collect the vehicles from parking spaces.

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Tomorrow, there will be more uncertainty, but in the parking lot after the show, the teens start dancing in the rain.

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Base parking lots are peppered with new Porsches and Humvees as the market hits new highs.

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Siegrist traveled to Georgia, met Swift at her office, and drove the car in the parking lot.

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