legging

English

A woman wearing black leggings

Alternative forms

Etymology

leg + -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛɡ.ɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ

Noun

legging (plural leggings)

  1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
  3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers.
    Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
  4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
    • 2000, Michael Williams, Amy Hoffman, Fundamentals of Options Market, McGraw Hill Professional, page 128:
      As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.

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Verb

legging

  1. present participle and gerund of leg

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From leggen + -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Noun

legging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) act of placing

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English legging.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡɪŋ/, /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ging

Noun

legging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)

  1. legging (leg covering)

Icelandic

Etymology

From leggja + -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛcːiŋk/

Noun

legging f (genitive singular leggingar, nominative plural leggingar)

  1. frill, ruffle (decorative strip of material)

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From leggje + -ing.

Noun

legging f (definite singular legginga, indefinite plural leggingar, definite plural leggingane)

  1. laying
  2. the act of going to bed one self or putting to bed someone else

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