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chalking

verb

Meaning

  1. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
  2. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
  3. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
  4. To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
  5. To manure (land) with chalk.
  6. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
  7. Something chalked on a surface.
  8. The appearance of non-gloss paint on an exterior surface due to chemical deterioration and removal by weather.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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