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Provoking (8)
Answer for the clue "Provoking (8) ", 8 letters:
nettling
Word definitions for nettling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nettling \Net"tling\, n. (Rope Making) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope. The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context ropemaking English) A process, resembling splicing, by which two ropes are joined so as to form one rope. 2 The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling. 3 The process of stinging somebody with nettles. vb. ...
Usage examples of nettling.
Hurrying along the gloomy alleys between hulking buildings, she rubbed the icy gooseflesh nettling up her arms.
The tingle in the back of his neck became a nettling, and, noting that their current approach would keep them well away from the complex, he suddenly understood why the worldship had not yet hailed them.
Lately she found herself nettling those around her simply to stir them up.
Sometimes, especially if you were tired, his nettling questions could become irksome.