icing

Plural: icings

Noun

• A sweet, sugary coating used for cakes and pastries; frosting.
• the formation of frost or ice on a surface
• a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
• (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
• A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.
• A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
• The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
• Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.

Verb

• decorate with frosting
• cause to become ice or icy
• put ice on or put on ice
• present participle and gerund of ice

Examples

• Finding a triple-word spot for ICING was the perfect sweet finish to the Scrabble game.
• The Cessna pilots reported that moderate icing was present between 13,000 and 4,000 feet in the cloud layers.

Synonyms

frost, frosting, ice, icing the puck