priming

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/ˈpɹaɪmɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To prepare a mechanism for its main work.“You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.”
To apply a coat of primer paint to.“I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.”
To be renewed.
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

noun

The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
A substance used as a primer.
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
The first coating of colour, size, etc. laid on canvas, or on a building or other surface.

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Synonyms

ground undercoat priggish prudish puritanical square-toed dainty mincing straightlaced niminy-piminy tight-laced straitlaced refined proper twee victorian prissy prim out

Associated

distractor primed stimuli stimulus vesicle primer subliminal soa perceptual flask igniting implicit

Rhymes

chiming sliming climbing riming miming timing rock climbing rhyming mountain climbing chi ming

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