dishing

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʃɪŋ/

dishing

1. present participle and gerund of dish

dishing (comparative more dishing, superlative most dishing)

1. Shaped like a dish; concave.

dishing (plural dishings)

1. A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.
2. (sometimes figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.
   • 1887, The National Review, volume 9, page 209:

     The new musical coatings given to these old forms and fiavourings have ever been the curse of musical progress in this country, and it is high time that such “dishings-up” were turned away from, once and for ever, by the music-loving public.

• hidings, shindig