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milking

  • noun
  • /ˈmɪlkɪŋ/

The act by which any animal is milked.

Example

“We try to finish milking early in the morning so we can turn the cows out to pasture during the day.”

Other meanings

  1. Male masturbation (or fellatio) that leads to the release of semen, especially when performed on a milking table.

Word history

From Middle English "milkinge".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “milking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.