fanning

Plural: fannings

Verb

Verb Forms: fan, fanned, fanning, fans

• Spreading out or causing to spread out; stirring up.
• strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
• make (an emotion) fiercer
• agitate the air
• separate the chaff from by using air currents
• present participle and gerund of fan

Noun

• The act by which something is fanned.
• A very small fragment of tea leaf.
• A beating.

Examples

• He was FANNING his tiles nervously, hoping for a ’Z’ to complete his bingo on Words With Friends.

Synonyms

fan, winnow

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