flocking

[ flok-ing ]

/ ˈflɒk ɪŋ /

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noun

a velvetlike pattern produced on wallpaper or cloth decorated with flock.

flock² (def. 3).

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Origin of flocking

First recorded in 1870–75; flock² + -ing¹

Words nearby flocking

flocculus, floccus, flock, flockbed, flock dot, flocking, flock paper, flocky, Flodden, floe, floeberg

How to use flocking in a sentence

Recently touted as being the fifth most popular national park on TikTok, Göreme, in central Turkey, is so much more than a haven for flocking influencers.
The 30 Best National Parks in the World|Patty Hodapp|February 25, 2022|Outside Online
For instance, he has studied the flocking patterns of starlings and other animals.
Research on climate and more brings trio the 2021 physics Nobel Prize|Emily Conover|October 6, 2021|Science News For Students
Boids of a feather, flock togetherAncient Romans said the gods guided flocking birds.
Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’|Tom McNamara|December 3, 2020|Popular-Science
The London workhouses had become congested "by the flocking into them of the lowest and most difficult to manage classes of poor."
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb

The news had spread like wildfire to the studies, and the other boys came flocking in during the uproar, to join in it heartily.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar
As the children came flocking in with their bright faces and gay ribbons, it was a pretty scene.
The Story of the Big Front Door|Mary Finley Leonard
It came afternoon of the next day, and the show was opened, and the people came flocking in.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
Men and women are flocking to the meetings, old and young, to know what they must do to be saved.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton

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