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milling
[mil-ing]
noun
an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.
Coining.
an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like.
an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge.
a number of grooves so made.
Slang.a beating or thrashing.
milling
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill
the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc
(in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
"We have been swamped by interview requests. Reporters have been milling around my house day and night asking to speak to him," Mr Asari told the BBC.
A crowd milling above the 101 Freeway lobs rocks and chunks of concrete down on California Highway Patrol officers detaining protesters, prompting a volley of flash-bang grenades.
Some in the crowd milling above the 101 lobbed rocks and chunks of concrete down toward CHP who had detained people who protested on the freeway.
Mining began again in late 1987 and ceased in 1992, with milling operations coming to an end the following year, according to an Environmental Protection Agency site visit report.
"Sometimes people killed cats to eat," she blurted out as she sat in a disused banquet hall milling with aid officials, Syrian security forces, and distraught families.
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