Used in a Sentence

legging

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for legging.

Editorial note

And for breaking the terms of his bail conditions by legging it to the Ecuadorian embassy in the first place.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of legging gathered in one view.

noun

Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.

noun

A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.

noun

One of the legs of a pair of trousers.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for legging.

noun

Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.

noun

A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.

noun

The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

Example sentences

1

And for breaking the terms of his bail conditions by legging it to the Ecuadorian embassy in the first place.

2

Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads(motorways being a notable exception Your open-ended statement implies that legging it across a road is fine, as long as it isn't a motorway.

3

I think legging into positions is a great way to ensure lower volatility and is a good for psychological discipline.

4

It was my only form of transportation (other than legging it) too.

5

Classy and expensive ones, I guess, but still, I could basically see right up their asscracks through their skintight legging-pants or microdresses.

6

Looked like a normal shoe with sheepskin lined legging attached.

7

I can't help but conclude that the current axioms around human health are legging at least 20 years behind where they should be.

8

Real work has a way of illuminating all those sticky messy points that must line up first for an idea to have a legging in the real world.

9

Birds migrating are mostly zero legging it!

10

If you wrap the whole tickettape display in something like a black stocking (legging) you will get much better contrast especially for filming where the bright leds clip the image sensor.

11

It’s also interesting seeing things like routes dog-legging around Ukraine, or ascending to a very high level to overfly Afghanistan - apparently pot-shots by armed groups are of not insignificant concern.

12

A.) are legging behind in EV development either because they chose the Hydrogen fuel cell route when investing R&D money in the past few decades, probably 10s of billions USD by now.

Quote examples

1

Defining LuLaRoe as a "legging empire" is simply wrong.

2

"From today, staff, instead of the morning 'stand-up', we will be 'legging it'"

3

(side note; I also noticed that nearly all Jeans these days contain “elastane” which is basically plastic, which probably contributes to the degradation - Elastane didn’t exist for jeans in 2005, they were mostly still 100% cotton until the legging jeans fad and then it started making its way into normal jeans).

Proper noun examples

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Nobody gives a damn about Warsow the same way nobody gave a damn about Ferret-Legging.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use legging in a sentence?

And for breaking the terms of his bail conditions by legging it to the Ecuadorian embassy in the first place.

What does legging mean?

Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.

What part of speech is legging?

legging is commonly used as noun.