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Definitions for peeling
ˈpi lɪŋpeel·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. desquamation, peeling, sheddingnoun

    loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales

Wiktionary

  1. peelingnoun

    The act of removing the outer surface in strips.

    Peeling a hard-boiled egg takes practice.

  2. peelingnoun

    Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

    She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.

ChatGPT

  1. peeling

    Peeling is the process of removing the outer layer or skin of a fruit, vegetable, or any other substance. It can also refer to the process of something shedding or losing its skin, often as a natural process of growth, renewal or because of damage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Peeling

    of Peel

Rap Dictionary

  1. peelingnoun

    What comes off when peeling a cap. The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin' -- Ice Cube (Steady mobbin'). Note that Cube is paraphrasing a Parliament line, where George Clinton says "The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill", but the way he says it, "pill" comes out sounding like peel".

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PEELING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Peeling is ranked #106570 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Peeling surname appeared 167 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Peeling.

    97.6% or 163 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of peeling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of peeling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of peeling in a Sentence

  1. John Rogers:

    Premature babies, especially those at gestational ages less than 30 weeks, have skin that is highly underdeveloped, it's very common that these babies receive injury to the skin when peeling away the tapes.

  2. Caleb Mulvena:

    We wanted to respect the idea that a meadow was here, rather than obliterating the meadow and planting a large trophy home, we wanted to take the idea of peeling the meadow up and kind of tuck the house underneath it.

  3. Guy Cecil:

    This election is a warning for all Demoralized Democrats. While DC Democrats spent weeks fighting each other, Republicans were focused on mobilizing their base and peeling away voters from the President Joe Biden coalition using deceptive, divisive tactics, it's time to focus on what's next. Congressional Democrats must immediately pass the infrastructure and Build Back Better bills. We must begin tomorrow to consolidate and mobilize those who turned out to vote Democratic in 2020. And we must draw a sharp contrast between Democratic progress and Republican extremism.

  4. Christopher Ervin:

    Cars were peeling out on Gwynn Oak and racing back through the Shop Rite parking lot.

  5. Prakesh Shah:

    At some stage, many of us would have felt that, ‘is this the right thing to do for these babies?’ These babies were in significant pain, distress, and their skin was peeling off. Even removing surgical tape would mean that their skin would peel off.

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