What does pulling mean?
Definitions for pulling
pulling
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pulling.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Pulling
of Pull
Wikidata
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
pulling
The act of rowing with oars; as, "Pull the starboard oars," "Pull together."
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pulling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4054
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pulling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2511
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pulling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pulling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of pulling in a Sentence
Those in authority who are coddling the criminals and enabling this behavior have culpability just as those who are pulling the trigger.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
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.
It’s been pretty impressive how well the consumer has held up over the past 18 months, and not pulling the rug out from under the consumer is pretty much how you get to the soft landing, i think it’s a really, really narrow path, and the Fed’s tone [during its December meeting] doesn’t give me a lot of optimism that they can navigate that without hitting a recession. … If a soft landing is avoiding a recession altogether, then I think that’s a pretty tough task. If it’s a milder recession than recent history, I think that’s still in the cards.
The severity of the labor shortage is unprecedented, when the labor shortage is so severe, any additional factor that is pulling away people from the labor market is more noticeable.
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- The translation of "pulling" to Indonesian is "menarik".Indonesian
- тянущийRussian
- çekenTurkish
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