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

“Our school parking lots are not for ICE to load their weapons,” he said at a news conference.

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Two lucrative parking lots nearby remain under the control of Mathis’s Nashville Church of Christ.

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Then there are the logistical snags. Amazon.com ran short on desks, parking and videoconferencing rooms after ordering hundreds of thousands of workers to the office full time.

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The local police often help deter a ramming incident by parking a car out front, and we benefit from a couple more officers whenever Jared Kushner and family are in attendance.

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The outspoken founder of Pershing Square Holdings spoke with WSJ about his mistakes, his anti-DEI crusades and why he still hates to pay for parking.

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