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• present participle of dust.

dusting

American  

[duhs-ting] / ˈdʌs tɪŋ /

noun

dustings plural

1. a light application.

   a dusting of powder.

2. a beating; defeat.

   He gave his opponent a good dusting.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dustings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dusting

First recorded in 1615–25; dust + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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dusting dustings

Chipper Jones stopped by and said, “You dusting off that chair for next year, Dusty?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Granted, rebalancing is one of those periodic chores that’s easy to neglect, like dusting your refrigerator coils.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Now 31, she’s dusting off the strategy to combat rising prices for drinks at concerts and raves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Platner is dusting Mills by lopsided margins in polling averages.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Mostly we’re going around, halfheartedly dusting ledges that don’t need to be dusted.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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