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Meaning of "guising" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUISING

guising  [ˈɡaɪzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUISING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Guising is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUISING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

guising

Trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treating or guising is a customary practice for children on Halloween in many countries. Children in costumes travel from house to house in order to ask for treats such as candy with the question "Trick or treat?". The "trick" is a threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given to them. In North America, trick-or-treating has been a customary Halloween tradition since the late 1940s. It typically happens on October 31, although some municipalities choose other dates. Homeowners wishing to participate in it sometimes decorate their private entrances with artificial spider webs, plastic skeletons and jack-o-lanterns. Some rather reluctant homeowners would simply leave the candy in bowls on the porch, others might be more participative and would even ask an effort from the children in order to provide them with candy. In the more recent years, however, the practice has spread to almost any house within a neighborhood being visited by children, including senior residences and condominiums.

Definition of guising in the English dictionary

The definition of guising in the dictionary is the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy dress, often with a mask, and visiting people's houses, esp at Halloween.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUISING


advertising
ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ
appetising
ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ
appetizing
ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ
civilizing
ˈsɪvɪlaɪzɪŋ
compromising
ˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ
dehumanizing
diːˈhjuːmənaɪzɪŋ
downsizing
ˈdaʊnsaɪzɪŋ
energizing
ˈenədʒaɪzɪŋ
enterprising
ˈɛntəˌpraɪzɪŋ
merchandising
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪzɪŋ
mesmerizing
ˈmɛzməraɪzɪŋ
organizing
ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ
revitalizing
ˌriːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪzɪŋ
rising
ˈraɪzɪŋ
sizing
ˈsaɪzɪŋ
socializing
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪzɪŋ
surprising
səˈpraɪzɪŋ
tantalizing
ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋ
uncompromising
ʌnˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ
uprising
ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUISING

guinea pig
Guinea worm
Guinea-Bissau
Guinean
Guinever
Guinevere
Guinness
guipure
guipure lace
guiro
guisard
Guiscard
guise
guiser
guitar
guitar-like
guitarfish
guitarist
guitguit

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUISING

agonising
appraising
below-the-line advertising
bruising
cattle raising
consciousness raising
consciousness-raising
contextual advertising
display advertising
Easter Rising
fundraising
hair-raising
housing
practising
promising
raising
self-raising
subliminal advertising
unappetising
unpromising
unsurprising

Synonyms and antonyms of guising in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guising» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUISING

Find out the translation of guising to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of guising from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guising» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

guising
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guising
570 millions of speakers

English

guising
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

guising
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

guising
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

guising
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guising
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

guising
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guising
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersuara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

guising
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

guising
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

guising
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Guising
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

guising
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

guising
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार्गदर्शक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

guising
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guising
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

guising
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

guising
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guising
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

guising
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

guising
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

guising
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

guising
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guising

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUISING»

The term «guising» is normally little used and occupies the 137.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUISING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «guising» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «guising» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guising

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUISING»

Discover the use of guising in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guising and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas
GUISING TODAY The tradition of guising has retained a hold on our imagination through the tradition ofTrick or Treating on Halloween. If you live in or near a rural area of Britain and can visit any number of places where the old mumming or ...
John Matthews, 2003
2
Lancashire legends, traditions, pageants, sports, &c., with ...
ECCLES GUISING. The gystak or guising was celebrated in Eccles and the neighbouring townships with much rustic splendour, at the termination of the marling season, when the villagers, with a king at their head, walked in procession with ...
John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson, 1873
3
Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c: With ...
ECCLES GUISING THE gyst-ale or guising was celebrated in Eccles and the neighbouring townships with much rustic splendour, at the termination of the marling season, when the villagers, with a king at their head, walked in procession with ...
John Harland, 1882
4
The History of Eccles and Barton's Contentious Guising War ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
F. H**R**G**N, 2010
5
A Reference Guide to Halloween Including Trick-Or-Treating ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is an overview of Halloween.
Gabrielle Dantz, 2012
6
Destination Holiness
GUISING”. SCRIPTURE: John 3:16 When I was a young child one of my favorite times of the year was autumn. I loved all the gorgeous colors of gold, orange, bronze, red mixed with the deep shades of evergreen. I especially loved the carpets ...
Christie Loney
7
Scottish Theatre: Diversity, Language, Continuity
Folk drama, of course – Halloween guising, for example – continued throughout the period and indeed into living memory: I can remember going guising in both Clackmannanshire and in Ayrshire in the 1950s. Then, one wore a personally ...
Ian Brown, 2013
8
Music and Musicians in Renaissance Cities and Towns
Also missing from Haddington records is the association of music with that perennially popular Scottish activity of 'guising', i.e. dressing-up in disguise at festivals such as May and Yule. Elsewhere in Scotland, particularly in Elgin records, ...
Fiona Kisby, 2001
9
Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes
“Now we cango guising together!” “Disguising is notfor the likes ofme,” said MirrorBelle. “Your costumemay beadisguise, butIreally amawitch.” “I said guising, not disguising,” saidEllen, “and anyway, howcan you be a witchwhen you' realways ...
Julia Donaldson, 2013
10
When the World Becomes Female: Guises of a South Indian Goddess
GUISING, TRANSFORMATION, RECOGNITION, AND POSSIBILITY While stri rlies/yam is the most notorious feature of Tirupati's Gangamma jatara, guising also appears in less dramatic forms, including turmeric (pa— supu) application on the ...
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUISING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guising is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Photo Feature: A Morris 'Blitz' Hits The High Street
... records such as visiting bishops' “Visitation Articles” mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activities, as well as mumming plays. «The Guildford Dragon NEWS, Jul 15»
2
TODAY'S HORSE RACING STATISTICS
Cheek pieces – Chelmsford City: 2.55 Brown Pete, Call It On, Guising; 3.30 Flag War(*); 4.45 Troopingthecolour; 5.20 Emily Davison. Ffos Las: ... «Western Daily Press, Jun 15»
3
OPINION: In the Varlo Davenport case, is there a head to the snake?
This just looks like two council members flexing some authority while guising it as genuine concern. It comes off as intimidation and frankly, ... «The Independent | SUindependent.com, May 15»
4
The Model Speaks! Mark Snyder receives A Lifetime Achievement …
... threatened by warmongers; what's a hippie love-and-peacenik to do to survive but go underground, guising in a life no one else would want, ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
City Council mixed on new homeless laws, passes one
Others attacked the ordinance as a red herring of guising it as a traffic safety issue. The Rev. Robert Seals, who said he lived on the streets for ... «Snohomish County Tribune, Apr 15»
6
Saudi and Turk double standards
The recognised government of Syria has been under attack by militants mostly belonging to terrorist outfits guising themselves as Islamists. «Daily Times, Apr 15»
7
06.03.15: Argent Airport City Charrette
... orientated brand of architects guising under the associate/fellow roles that would be needed to realise the project, knowing that the job won't ... «Architects' Journal, Mar 15»
8
State Legislatures Introduced Two New Debt Collection Laws Last …
... dis-Guising themselves as: 'bona fide true authentic “LENDERS,”' is all ready: Fraudulent MIS / DIS-cha-RActor-ization; amounting to UDAAP ... «InsideARM, Feb 15»
9
MBTA train evacuated in Quincy when smoke fills cars
STATE OFFICIAL IS A POLL GUISING TONIGHT FOR THIS. FRIGHTENING MOMENT ON THE RED LINE AT THE STATION. PASSENGERS ... «WCVB Boston, Jan 15»
10
David McCarthy: There are 66 reasons why Rangers must NEVER …
The people guising as the guardians of Rangers would do well to read them and let them sink in. And perhaps listen to the words of a man I ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»

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