Definitions for boring
ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-bor·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drilling, boringnoun

   the act of drilling

2. boring, drilling, oil productionadjective

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

3. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisomeadjective

   so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boringnoun

   A pit or hole which has been bored.

2. boringadjective

   That which incites boredom in a person.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Boring

   of Bore

2. Boringnoun

   the act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks

3. Boringnoun

   a hole made by boring

4. Boringnoun

   the chips or fragments made by boring

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1. Boring

   Boring is an unincorporated community located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 212. It is approximately eight miles south of Gresham and about the same distance from Clackamas, both suburbs of Portland. The town is roughly twenty-two miles southeast from downtown Portland.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boring

   In Arctic seas, the operation of forcing the ship through loose ice under a heavy press of sail; at least attempting the chance of advantage of cracks or openings in the pack.

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1. • Creating By Removal

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'boring' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1767

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'boring' in Adjectives Frequency: #732

Anagrams for boring »

1. robing

2. orbing

How to pronounce boring?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boring in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of boring in a Sentence

1. Bill Clinton , 69:

   They’re running against a cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional, they’re easy to absorb. Life in the real world is complicated and real change is hard, and a lot of people even think it’s boring.

2. Ariel Muzicant:

   It reminds me of the economy and the industry of the Third Reich, i am glad to help you with my tunnel boring machines.

3. Barbara Bush:

   One thing I can say about George...he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.

4. Deryck Whibley:

   If anything I actually kind of enjoy it more now, which I wasn’t really expecting, i was having such a great time when I was drinking and partying and I thought sobriety would be boring, but it’s really not.

5. Paul Murdock:

   Student speakers, sometimes they're boring, just off the top of my head, I can't really think of someone that I really want to see speak.

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