milking.
The act by which any animal is milked.
Meaning & usage
The act by which any animal is milked.
We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day.
The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English milkinge, mylkynge, equivalent to milk + -ing.
present participle and gerund of milk
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mylkand, from Old English meolcġende, present participle of Old English meolcian, milcian (“to milk”), equivalent to milk + -ing.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.