Definitions for PULLING
pulling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pull, pullingnoun

   the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

   "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

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1. pulling

   Pulling is the act of exerting force on something in order to cause movement towards the source of the force. It often involves holding onto an object and applying a force that draws it closer. It is the opposite action of pushing, which moves an object away from the source of the force.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pulling

   of Pull

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1. Pulling

   Pulling is a BBC comedy series, produced by Silver River Productions and broadcast on BBC Three, about three single female friends who live in Penge, south-east London. It was co-written by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly and stars Sharon Horgan as Donna, Tanya Franks as Karen, Rebekah Staton as Louise and Cavan Clerkin as Karl. Pulling was the last comedy show developed by Harry Thompson before his death. The first series of six episodes was first shown in 2006 on BBC Three, then repeated on BBC Two in early 2008. A second six-episode series of Pulling aired on BBC Three from 23 March to 27 April 2008 and a final one-hour episode aired on BBC Three on 17 May 2009. In Australia, series one and two was first aired back-to-back on ABC2 each Thursday at 10pm from 5 March 2009 although the final one-hour episode is yet to be screened by the network. Repeats have been screening on rotation through UKTV. In 2007, the series was BAFTA nominated for Best Situation Comedy while Horgan won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Actress in 2008. In the same year, it was announced that Pulling had been cancelled by BBC Three.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pulling

   The act of rowing with oars; as, "Pull the starboard oars," "Pull together."

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PULLING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pulling is ranked #42858 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pulling surname appeared 505 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pulling.
   
   89.9% or 454 total occurrences were White.
   5.9% or 30 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Propulsion

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PULLING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4054

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PULLING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2511

How to pronounce PULLING?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say PULLING in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PULLING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PULLING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of PULLING in a Sentence

1. Denis Pushilin:

   The militia have started pulling back artillery units with a caliber greater than 100 millimeters in the south of the republic.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   There is a reason that these murder rates are going up, that is because we’re having a slow motion police strike where police are either not going into the neighborhoods or pulling away in a dangerous incident over confrontation.

3. Augustus Hare:

   Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.

4. Stew Mathews:

   The guy jams the keys in the ignition, turns the car on, jams it (into) drive and mashes the accelerator. He wasn't slowly pulling away. (Tensing) feared for his life. He thought he was going to be sucked under the car that was pulling away from him. He thought he was going to get sucked under and killed.

5. Analyst Nick Loris:

   When you subsidize something as much as solar gets, it does n’t seem like it’s sustainable in the long run, it creates a temporary handout to a few companies, pulling resources from other places in the economy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PULLING
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PULLING
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PULLING
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=PULLING
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html