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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOMBSTONING

So called because of the potential danger involved.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOMBSTONING

tombstoning  [ˈtuːmstəʊnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOMBSTONING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tombstoning 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 TOMBSTONING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tombstoning in the English dictionary

The definition of tombstoning in the dictionary is the activity of diving off cliffs into the sea.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOMBSTONING


browning
ˈbraʊnɪŋ
cloning
ˈkləʊnɪŋ
clowning
ˈklaʊnɪŋ
crowning
ˈkraʊnɪŋ
doning
ˈdəʊnɪŋ
droning
ˈdrəʊnɪŋ
drowning
ˈdraʊnɪŋ
frowning
ˈfraʊnɪŋ
groaning
ˈɡrəʊnɪŋ
intoning
ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋ
jawboning
ˈdʒɔːbəʊnɪŋ
landowning
ˈlændˌəʊnɪŋ
loaning
ˈləʊnɪŋ
moaning
ˈməʊnɪŋ
zoning
ˈzəʊnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOMBSTONING

tomb
tombac
tombal
Tombaugh
tombic
tombless
tomblike
tomboc
tombola
tombolo
Tombouctou
tomboy
tomboyish
tomboyishly
tomboyishness
tombstone
tomcat
tomcatting
tomcod
tome

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOMBSTONING

air conditioning
air-conditioning
ballooning
blood poisoning
burgeoning
canyoning
cleaning
conditioning
couponing
cushioning
food poisoning
ironing
Liaoning
poisoning
positioning
questioning
rationing
reasoning
reckoning
seasoning
unquestioning

Synonyms and antonyms of tombstoning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tombstoning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOMBSTONING

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

Translator English - Chinese

墓碑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tombstoning
570 millions of speakers

English

tombstoning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tombstoning
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tombstoning
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

захоронение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tombstoning
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tombstoning
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tombstoning
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tombstoning
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grabstein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツームストーニング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삭제 표시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tombstoning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tombstoning
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tombstoning
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थडगे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaldırıldı olarak işaretleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tombstoning
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tombstoning
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поховання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tombstoning
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tombstoning
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tombstoning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tombstoning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tombstoning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tombstoning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMBSTONING»

The term «tombstoning» is normally little used and occupies the 142.526 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMBSTONING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tombstoning» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tombstoning» 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 tombstoning

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMBSTONING»

Discover the use of tombstoning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tombstoning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tombstoning
And when someone else takes a dive off the cliffs - an act the locals have taken to calling 'tombstoning' - while David's there, he has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people keep dying around him . . .
Doug Johnstone, 2012
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The Smt Step-by-Step Collection 2006
Presumably, the fast-wetting driving force for tombstoning caused by low surface tension is offset by the weak pulling force again caused by low surface tension. More work is needed to clear the relationship between surface tension and ...
‎2006
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Reflow Soldering Processes
Tombstoning is also known as the Manhattan effect, Drawbridging effect, or Stonehenge effect. It is caused by an unbalanced wetting of the two ends of the component at reflow and accordingly the unbalanced surface tension pulling force of ...
Ning-Cheng Lee, 2002
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Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting: SMT, BGA, ...
The alloy melting speed, hence the wetting speed, of the solder being too fast can also cause tombstoning. Thus, as reported by Klein Wassink and van Gerven [23], using a solder paste with a delayed melting showed no tombstoning while a  ...
Ning-Cheng Lee, 2002
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Mission Critical Windows 2000 Server Administration
Tombstoning is the process of marking records in the WINS database as invalid. If a WINS client fails to renew its NetBIOS name within the renewal interval, its WINS database record is marked as released. The record stays in the released ...
Syngress, 2000
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Essential Windows Phone 7.5: Application Development with ...
Saving Tombstone State While tombstoning gives you the opportunity to save state, you should only save transitory state here. Tombstoning state should be just enough to restart the application. You can save longer-lived or nonvolatile state ...
Shawn Wildermuth, 2011
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Cracking Windows Phone and BlackBerry Native Development: ...
Tombstoning—A. Brief. Word. At this point, it's worth introducing the idea of “ tombstoning.” Windows Phone 7 has a feature whereby rather than having proper multitasking, when you switch to a new application (as we have done by opening ...
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds, 2011
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Beginning Windows Phone App Development
To program responsive applications on a Windows Phone device, you must be familiar with the concepts of FAS and tombstoning on that platform. FAS is a concept introduced in the latest release of Windows Phone OS. When your application ...
Henry Lee, Eugene Chuvyrov, 2012
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Beach Management: Principles and Practice
Tombstoning, by contrast, is characterized by people, usually young men, taking daring and risky jumps from high natural or man-made structures into water. Tombstoning is an example of the changing nature of water 'sports' activity and the ...
Anton Micallef, Allan Williams, 2009
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Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Proceedings of Symposia
4, Manufacturing Science and Engineering ASME 1996 ANALYSIS OF TOMBSTONING PHENOMENON DURING REFLOW Quan Qi Roop L. Mahajan CAMPmode, Campus Box 427 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of ...
‎1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMBSTONING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tombstoning is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tombstoning youngsters at Herne Bay Pier spark danger fears
The boys defied warnings to plunge into water before repeating the feat, known as tombstoning, several times earlier this afternoon - despite warnings not to do ... «Canterbury Times, Jul 15»
2
Teenager injured in Salford Quays 'tombstoning' stunt after plunging …
It comes after fire and council chiefs issued a safety plea for city youths to shun the 'tombstoning' craze, where daredevils plunge from bridges into the water. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
3
Warnings over 'tombstoning' as teen injured
Fresh warnings have been issued over the dangers of tombstoning after a ... “Tombstoning can be a hazardous activity and he could have sustained life ... «News Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle and Scott Turbo risk their lives by …
... which is known to have killed young people but it seems Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle and Scott Turbo couldn't care less about the dangers of 'tombstoning'. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Tourist left with spinal injuries after jumping off Weston-super-Mare …
The craze of tombstoning has lead to a number of deaths in Britain. The UK's first known fatality was Stephen Royston, 24, who jumped 100ft into a water-filled ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
6
Lewis Hamilton horrifies onlookers by taking part in the dangerous …
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton horrified onlookers by 'tombstoning' from a 45 foot cliff in Sardinia just days before winning today's Italian Grand Prix. «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
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VIDEO: Belly-flop tombstoning fail highlights danger to Plymouth …
A YOUNG tombstoner was lucky to escape uninjured after a terrifying 'belly-flop' into the sea. Video footage uploaded to YouTube - and thought to have been ... «Plymouth Herald, Sep 14»
8
Teenagers pulled from sea after 'tombstoning' into water at Cullercoats
Four teenagers were pulled from the sea after they almost plunged to their deaths in a 'tombstoning' stunt. The youths jumped into the sea by Cullercoats beach ... «ChronicleLive, Aug 14»
9
Teenage boy has lucky escape as he jumps from wall known as 'pill …
The dangerous sport - dubbed 'tombstoning' because jumpers try to stay upright as they hit the water - sees youngsters throw themselves into shallow waters ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
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Tombstoning an 'incredibly dangerous thing for young people to be …
Rogan Wheeldon, RNLI lifeguard supervisor at Southsea, explained that all tombstoning is dangerous, but described the tombstoning in the video as 'some of ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tombstoning [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tombstoning>. Apr 2024 ».
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