PANGING

Verb

panging

present participle of pang

Source: Wiktionary


PANG

Pang, n. Etym: [Prob. for older prange. Cf. Prong.]

Definition: A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Syn.

– Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.

Pang, v. t.

Definition: To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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