gisting

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ

Verb

gisting

1. present participle and gerund of gist

Noun

gisting (plural gistings)

1. (rare, nonstandard) summary, summarization/summarisation
   • 1964, Michael Arnold Williams, Researching local history: the human journey, page 64:

     Currently almost every paper seems to feel that its readers ought to be interested in the newspaper's own comments on the news, while of the news itself the reader would want merely some gistings or highlights […]

Dutch

Etymology

From gisten (“to ferment”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gisting f (plural gistingen)

1. fermentation

Icelandic

Etymology

From gista +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪstiŋk/

Noun

gisting f (genitive singular gistingar, nominative plural gistingar)

1. night's lodging

Derived terms

• biðjast gistingar (“to ask to stay for the night; to ask for a bed for the night”)