Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "swoffing" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWOFFING

Formed from s( alt) w( ater) f( ly) f( ish) ing.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SWOFFING

swoffing  [ˈswɒfɪŋ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWOFFING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swoffing 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 SWOFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swoffing in the English dictionary

The definition of swoffing in the dictionary is the sport of saltwater fly-fishing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWOFFING


briefing
ˈbriːfɪŋ
buffing
ˈbʌfɪŋ
coughing
ˈkɒfɪŋ
effing
ˈɛfɪŋ
golfing
ˈɡɒlfɪŋ
huffing
ˈhʌfɪŋ
kitesurfing
ˈkaɪtˌsɜːfɪŋ
laughing
ˈlɑːfɪŋ
morphing
ˈmɔːfɪŋ
offing
ˈɒfɪŋ
roofing
ˈruːfɪŋ
rustproofing
ˈrʌstˌpruːfɪŋ
scoffing
ˈskɒfɪŋ
sniffing
ˈsnɪfɪŋ
staffing
ˈstɑːfɪŋ
strafing
ˈstrɑːfɪŋ
stuffing
ˈstʌfɪŋ
surfing
ˈsɜːfɪŋ
waterproofing
ˈwɔːtəpruːfɪŋ
windsurfing
ˈwɪndˌsɜːfɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWOFFING

swob
swobbed
swobber
swobbing
swoffer
swollen
swollen head
swollen-headed
swollen-headedness
swollenly
swollenness
swoon
swooner
swooning
swooningly
swoony
swoop
swooper
swoopy
swoosh

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWOFFING

astroturfing
ballot-box stuffing
bodysurfing
chuffing
coiffing
couchsurfing
crowd surfing
debriefing
glue-sniffing
huffing and puffing
in the offing
naffing
overstaffing
press briefing
safe surfing
soundproofing
spiffing
spoofing
tiffing
understaffing

Synonyms and antonyms of swoffing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «swoffing» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SWOFFING

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

Translator English - Chinese

swoffing
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

swoffing
570 millions of speakers

English

swoffing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

swoffing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

swoffing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

swoffing
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

swoffing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

swoffing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

swoffing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Swoffing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

swoffing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

swoffing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

swoffing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swoffing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

swoffing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

swoffing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Swoffing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

swoffing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swoffing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

swoffing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

swoffing
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

swoffing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swoffing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swoffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swoffing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swoffing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swoffing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWOFFING»

The term «swoffing» is barely ever used and occupies the 210.637 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Unused
2
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «swoffing» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of swoffing
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «swoffing».

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

EXAMPLES

7 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWOFFING»

Discover the use of swoffing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swoffing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Saltwater Flyfishing: Britain and Northern Europe
Ide stalking with the dry fly SwofFing, as the Australians term saltwater flyfishing, is usually a serious affair with heavy rods and large flies. One of the few exceptions is the little ide, which throughout the Baltic is found in brackish water.
‎1998
2
Fishing Techniques
This isn't to say that you can turn the water into froth and your fly into a missile and still catch fish. Far from it. And, while swoffing is generally more forgiving of us less talented casters, when all the back casts are straightened, piscatorial results ...
Steve Cooper, 2006
3
Who's centric now?: the present state of post-colonial Englishes
Queensland, 'a westie, a bogan'), blokey, blue pointer ('skimpy male swimming costume'), chardonnay socialist, economic rationalism, esky lid ('a bodyboarder'), secret men's business, swoffing ('saltwater fly fishing'), white maggot ('an Aussie ...
Bruce Moore, Australian National Dictionary Centre, 2001
4
Collins Anagrams
... FCHILNSU FCHILRTU FCHINORT FCHIOTTU FCHLORUU FCHNOORS FCHNOTUU FCIIINNX FCIIKNRS FCIILLNR FCIILLNS FCIILNNT FCIILNOO FCIILNPP ruffling sluffing snuffing griffons swoffing stuffing stiffish wolffish offishly offshoot ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
5
Country Life
The recent popularity of fishing the salt — or 'swoffing' — has produced some eccentric patterns, including sci-fi confections resembling squid or crabs that should really be classified as edible geometry; but I'd round off my classics with four ...
‎2002
6
Selected poems
Includes a substantial selection of Gascoyne's poems from the early 1930s To The present.
David Gascoyne, 1994
7
The New Sentence
Cultural Studies. Linguistics. Originally appearing in 1977 and now in its 11th printing, THE NEW SENTENCE by Ron Silliman is a classic collection of essays by one of the sharpest minds in American contemporary poetic thought.
Ronald Silliman, 1987

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Swoffing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/swoffing>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z