dusting
Americannoun
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dustings
plural
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a light application.
a dusting of powder.
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a beating; defeat.
He gave his opponent a good dusting.
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Origin of dusting
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The robots carried out some tasks — such as mopping, vacuuming, wiping and dusting — with surprising skill.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The 85,976-strong crowd went through their celebratory songbook, dusting off their Cranberries-inspired ode to head coach Rassie Erasmus.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Chipper Jones stopped by and said, “You dusting off that chair for next year, Dusty?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In fact, it is backfiring, dusting the world in optimistic, spring-flower pink schadenfreude.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
I knew learning to read wouldn't change the fact that Fatima was trapped here like I was, cleaning floors, dusting baseboards, and peeling potatoes.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
The Met Office says that snowy showers "could turn quite heavy", with some areas seeing light dustings of snow as temperatures plunge.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
Martian frost has been observed since NASA’s 1970s Viking missions, but these light dustings of morning frost were thought to occur in certain locations under specific conditions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
MERIBEL, France — Besides some minor dustings, it hasn’t snowed significantly in the French resorts hosting the skiing world championships since mid-January.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
This doesn’t include dustings or ice events; we are likely to have some of those, too.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2021
Examples of the destruction of fish by agricultural crop sprayings and dustings are everywhere to be found.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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