EKING
What does "EKING" mean?
Present participle of eke: making something last or suffice with great effort.
Meanings
- Present participle of eke out: managing to support oneself or make something last with difficulty. They were eking out a living on a few rocky acres.
- Present participle of eke: barely achieving or scraping by. The team kept eking out narrow wins all season.
Did you know?
- 'Eke' once meant 'also', and 'nickname' is a fossil of it: the word began as 'an ekename' - an additional name - before listeners reshuffled the 'n'.
Word origin
Present participle of 'eke', from Old English 'eacian' / 'ecan' (to increase, add to); the old adverb 'eke' (also) survives in 'a nickname', once 'an ekename', an additional name.
Remember it
EKING = EKE + ING: you EKE out an Extra Kilo of Effort to make it last.
A little poem
She splits the last match into two,
eking a little more flame
from a box that says it's through.
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What it teaches
Eking out the last of something teaches you exactly how much you actually needed.
Quick facts
What does EKING mean?
Present participle of eke: making something last or suffice with great effort.
Is EKING a valid word?
Yes — EKING is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EKING?
EKING has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EKING come from?
Present participle of 'eke', from Old English 'eacian' / 'ecan' (to increase, add to); the old adverb 'eke' (also) survives in 'a nickname', once 'an ekename', an additional name.
What can EKING teach us?
Eking out the last of something teaches you exactly how much you actually needed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.