parking
the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.
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.
permission to park vehicles: Is there parking on this side of the street?
the activity or occupation of a person who operates or works in a parking lot, garage, or the like.
Informal. the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car: Some of the couples went parking on their way home from the dance.
of, pertaining to, used for, or engaged in parking, especially of vehicles: parking regulations; a parking ticket; a parking space; a parking attendant.
Origin of parking
1Other words from parking
- un·park·ing, adjective
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How to use parking in a sentence
More than 700 restaurants have applied for a temporary streatery permit, which allows restaurants to expand seating during the coronavirus pandemic by placing tables in nearby alleys, sidewalks and parking lanes.
Busboys and Poets to launch ‘streatery’ east of the Anacostia River | Michael Brice-Saddler | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostMetro won’t charge parking fees at the Addison Road station during the shutdown.
Two Blue Line Metro stations to close through late May for platform work | Justin George | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post“It seems that if you want to improve the game-day experience, you would first look at ticket prices, parking and food — not dismantling a popular and successful cheerleading program,” Banks said.
Former cheerleaders settle with Washington Football Team as program’s future is in doubt | Beth Reinhard | February 10, 2021 | Washington Post“It’s like the Hunger Games,” Eileen Robbins said from her car in a parking lot filled with National Guard members.
It’s Prague on the Potomac, as we wearily wait for a shot at the vaccine | Petula Dvorak | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostOne garage offered parking for the “Health Care Heroes” the NFL invited to the game.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post
The kid moved again, slowly across the parking lot to the garbage bin.
The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart | Pete Dexter | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNearby, Loescher added, parking lots are a great place to see the onslaught.
In August, an 18-year-old was shot and killed by a Dallas police officer after a car crash in a parking lot near a Walmart store.
The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown | Nina Strochlic | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey finally arrived in a dark, empty parking lot in the middle of the night, despite her repeated protests.
Then one day he saw another Pacer in the parking lot of a chicken joint.
‘My Crazy Love’ Reveals the Craziest Lies People Tell for Love | Kevin Fallon | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDelancy turned the sedan through the door of the big garage, rolled across the wide parking floor to the cement ramp at the rear.
Then headed for the car parked down beyond the "No parking" zone directly in front of the bank.
Penny, however, had left her car in the snowy parking lot, which was convenient to the river.
Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. WirtOn the snow-banked parking lot where the car had been left, there now stood only one vehicle, an unpainted, two-wheel trailer.
Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. WirtThe car came within a stone's throw of the factory, where it turned into a parking lot.
The Whispering Spheres | Russell Robert Winterbotham
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