Definitions for parking

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parking park·ing

Spelling: [par-king]

IPA: /ˈpær kɪŋ/

Parking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in parking (agiknpr).

Definitions for parking

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.
2. space in which to park vehicles, as at a place of business or a public event:
3. permission to park vehicles:
4. the activity or occupation of a person who operates or works in a parking lot, garage, or the like.
5. parking strip.
6. Informal. the act of kissing and caressing in a parked car:
7. an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
8. an enclosed area or a stadium used for sports:
9. a considerable extent of land forming the grounds of a country house.
10. British. a tract of land reserved for wild animals; game preserve.
11. Western U.S. a broad valley in a mountainous region.
12. a space where vehicles, especially automobiles, may be assembled or stationed.
13. amusement park.
14. theme park.
15. any area set aside for public recreation.
16. Military. the space occupied by the assembled guns, tanks, or vehicles of a military unit. the assemblage so formed. (formerly) the ammunition trains and reserve artillery of an army.
17. Automotive. a setting in an automatic transmission in which the transmission is in neutral and the brake is engaged.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, used for, or engaged in parking, especially of vehicles:

verb (used with object)

1. to place or leave (a vehicle) in a certain place for a period of time.
2. Informal. to put, leave, or settle:
3. to assemble (equipment or supplies) in a military park.
4. to enclose in or as in a park.
5. Informal. to invest (funds) in a stock, bond, etc., considered to be a safe investment with little chance of depreciation, as during a recession or an unstable economic period, or until one finds a more profitable investment.
6. Aerospace. to place (a satellite) in orbit.

verb (used without object)

1. to park a car, bicycle, etc.
2. Informal. to engage in kissing and caressing in a parked car.

Origin of parking

First recorded in 1520-30; park + -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for parking

Nearby, Loescher added, parking lots are a great place to see the onslaught.

Then one day he saw another Pacer in the parking lot of a chicken joint.

As they came out and started across the parking lot, a man approached them.

parking the car, they went in, Mr. Culver bringing the hamper of supper.

They took the belt walk to the parking area and stepped off it at George's car.

"Far from it," answered Jean, seating himself and parking Droozle on his knee.

parking outside the Wentworth home, he mounted the steps and rang the bell.

In August, an 18-year-old was shot and killed by a Dallas police officer after a car crash in a parking lot near a Walmart store.

Back in Jersey City, Booker is still talking in the parking lot.

The kid moved again, slowly across the parking lot to the garbage bin.