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spotting
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining , maculation ] the act of detecting something; catching sight of something [syn: detection , catching , espial , spying ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Get the children to take their autograph book as there should be an opportunity to do some celebrity spotting . ▪ He's in London doing some talent spotting . ▪ I would have thought Centre half one of the more easier positions ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A dancer spotting towards the viewer while performing Fouettés Spotting is a technique used by dancers during the execution of various dance turns . The goal of spotting is to attain a constant orientation of the dancer's head and eyes, to the extent ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spotting .] To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper. To mark or note so ...
Usage examples of spotting.
Anyway, he was out spotting swordfish for the commercial boats, and he saw a sportfisherman this side of Block, setting out a humongous chum slick.
Mistress Patrin was leaning towards him, an unaccustomed excitement spotting her cheeks with color.
Spotting the polystyrene cups on the mat, she went across to get a hot drink.
Who could tell anyhow with my kerflooey cycles, since I was usually some version of pre- or postmenstrual, spotting or clotting, at the mercy of my perimenopausally creaky plumbing.
He prodded me in the arm with his automatic: and I moved along the bench towards the door, looking at the potting bench in the hope of spotting a suitable weapon.
She focused on Roux, spotting his headlight and following it along the trail.
He pondered the sluggish swirl of the deep mists that screened the sunshine and shrouded the mountains, the thinning groves of Bonnie Blues dotted with wilt and spotting, the lakes and rivers turned gray and clouded, and the meadows and grasslands grown sparse and wintry.
Spotting a thick copse of the claw coral ahead, Flyys turned and swam for it.
Spotting no other vessels, and being unsupplied with wireless, their exact position through these days was extremely uncertain.
Spotting her perched on the edge of a barstool, he hurried over to her.
The house on the first night was so thin that I had no difficulty in spotting Cris Bellhanger in the third row, next to the aisle.
Less than a minute later, the driver came around from behind the Bloodmobile, spotting her friend lying on the ground.
He almost missed her hurtling toward him in that black bombazine, spotting the flash of her red satchel just as she plowed into him.
Stacey and the civ security people keep spotting attempts to intrude on our systems or plant worms.
Dozens of them crisscrossed her arms, striping her dusty feet, and spotting her face like chalk marks.