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• present participle of park.

parking

American  

[par-king] / ˈpær kɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.

2. 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.

3. permission to park vehicles.

   Is there parking on this side of the street?

4. the activity or occupation of a person who operates or works in a parking lot, garage, or the like.

5. parking strip.

6. Informal. the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car.

   Some of the couples went parking on their way home from the dance.

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adjective

1. of, pertaining to, used for, or engaged in parking, especially of vehicles.

   parking regulations; a parking ticket; a parking space; a parking attendant.

Other Word Forms

• unparking
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of parking

First recorded in 1520–30; park + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

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parking

The peaceful gathering drew a heavy police presence that took up most of the parking on the block.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Barzar applied for a job gathering carts in the parking lot of the Tucson store in 1986.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Agent David Hull described the footage, which appeared to show Robinson driving a vehicle and walking through a parking garage.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

On June 29, when another tremor cornered Gil even further, teams from El Salvador and Costa Rica entered through a parking lot connected to the area where they believed Gil was.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

He held up a plastic bag that looked half-full, and explained he’d made the group go around the parking lot that morning, grabbing anything they could find that wasn’t supposed to be there.

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

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