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. Andrew Liveris:

   We are not pulling out of Kuwait.

2. Andrew Barber:

   After years of over wading in fixed income, a lot of bonds investors are starting to take stock and pulling back in advance of these shifting policy moves.

3. Bailey Cook:

   The problem for me is that [ Jarrar ] made those comments and then associated herself with Fresno State, she’s entitled to those comments, but now she’s messing with my education. Donors are pulling out from the Jordan College of Agriculture. Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar. ( Facebook).

4. Quentin Tarantino:

   Uma Thurman wanted clarity on what happened in that car crash, after all these years. Uma Thurman asked, could I get Uma Thurman the footage ? I had to find it, 15 years later. We had to go through storage facilities, pulling out boxes.

5. Wedbush Securities:

   It is essential that Netflix treat creatives with respect, and many of them have trouble with abortion restrictions and any laws that impact women's rights, creative talent cares a lot about things like this, and pulling production from Georgia Peach is sending a signal to the state legislature that it faces economic backlash if it tramples women's rights.

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