Definitions for pulling
pulling

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

1. pull, pulling(noun)

   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

   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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pulling

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

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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Evan Falchuk:

   The many elected officials in Boston 2024's corner looked the other way for months, even when it became clear that Boston 2024 had been less than truthful about what it wanted from taxpayers, what those officials couldn't ignore was the real, credible threat of a binding vote, which is what ultimately led to the USOC pulling the bid.

2. Chris Swanson:

   We have not shut a business down. We're not pulling people over. We're not writing tickets. And don't expect us to do it.

3. Jeb Bush:

   We saw Venezuela moving away from United States as part of the so-called nonaligned nations movement, and I represented the bank in the Andean Pact countries, and many of them were pulling away as well.

4. Mario Villavarayen:

   They were on the bus, which was just pulling up to the mosque when the shooting begun, they are at the ground, they are shaken but good.

5. Jordan Spieth:

   So you get reminded of it all the time, because when you're Masters champion, it's a different legacy, and so that definitely left me hungry. And then also, having a chance to win the last couple of week and not pulling it off.

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