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• present participle of mill.

milling

American  

[mil-ing] / ˈmɪl ɪŋ /

noun

millings plural

1. an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.

2. an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.

3. Coining.

   1. an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like.

   2. an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge.

   3. a number of grooves so made.

4. Slang. a beating or thrashing.

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milling British  

/ ˈmɪlɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill

2. the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc

3. (in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• millings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of milling

1425–75; late Middle English. See mill ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Milling about outside the Wiltern, a historic Art Deco venue, were workers being paid $10 per signature they gathered to help qualify the proposal for the November ballot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

“What the prison service is trying to do is to break those old, toxic habits of the past,” Mr Milling said.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

The surge in processing profit more than offset mixed results from Bunge's Refined & Specialty Oils unit and lower profit from its Milling segment.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2023

As Sarastro, Stephen Milling sang with a gruff bass but suggested an efficacious CEO who maintains his dominion with platitudes, fear and blunt persuasion.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

Milling about them were villagers, police inspectors, a few doctors.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri