trawling
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
trawling (countable and uncountable, plural trawlings)
- A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
- A laborious search.
- 2011, Christopher Hitchens, Arguably:
- No longer would he have to fear the deportation of Gerald Haxton, who as an American was constantly running that risk in his trawlings through the bars of London.
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fishing technique
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Verb[edit]
trawling
- present participle and gerund of trawl