Antonyms for chalking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chawk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɔk |
Definition of chalking
Origin :- 1570s, "to mix with chalk;" 1590s as "to mark with chalk," from chalk (n.). Related: Chalked; chalking. Old English had cealcian "to whiten." Certain chalk marks on shipped objects meant "admitted" or "shipped free," hence some figurative senses. Chalk boards also were commonly used in keeping credit, score, etc., hence figurative use of chalk it up (1903).
- As in mark : verb blemish, stain
- As in rough out : verb do preliminary design
- As in sketch : verb draw, outline
- As in whiten : verb make or become extremely pale
- As in write : verb put language down on paper
- As in color : verb make pigmented; shade
- The work was not fine; we laid it out by chalking around a small plate.
- Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
- He went on, therefore, chalking out Lovel's literary career for him.
- Extract from : « The Antiquary, Complete » by Sir Walter Scott
- Here and there a man was chalking crosses on his gate or shutters.
- Extract from : « The White Terror and The Red » by Abraham Cahan
- They were chalking Vive Napolon upon the pavements and walls.
- Extract from : « The Life of Roger Langdon » by Roger Langdon
- He was now chalking his cue, and his eyes had an excited glitter.
- Extract from : « Johnstone of the Border » by Harold Bindloss
- This checking is secondary to the chalking which takes place.
- Extract from : « Paint Technology and Tests » by Henry A. Gardner
- On the hurricane deck, aft, a sailor was chalking a shuffleboard court.
- Extract from : « Where the Blue Begins » by Christopher Morley
- What do you mean by bullying me about not chalking their door, last night, along with the rest?
- Extract from : « After Dark » by Wilkie Collins
- They are chalking the bit at the top of the next field, where the copse was grubbed.
- Extract from : « Madam How and Lady Why » by Charles Kingsley
- Children delight in chalking the blinds of their carriages in various colours and labelling them 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Class.
- Extract from : « Toy-Making in School and Home » by Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
Synonyms for chalking
- address
- adorn
- adumbrate
- author
- autograph
- bang out
- blacken
- blanch
- blaze
- bleach
- blench
- block out
- bloom
- blot
- blotch
- blueprint
- blush
- brand
- bruise
- burn
- chalk
- characterize
- chart
- check
- commit
- communicate
- comp
- compose
- copy
- correspond
- crayon
- create
- crimson
- darken
- dash off
- daub
- decolor
- decolorize
- delineate
- dent
- depict
- describe
- design
- detail
- develop
- diagram
- doodle
- dot
- draft
- draw up
- drop a line
- drop a note
- dull
- dye
- embellish
- emblazon
- enamel
- engross
- enliven
- etiolate
- fade
- flush
- formulate
- fresco
- frost
- ghost
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- grizzle
- illuminate
- imbue
- impress
- imprint
- indite
- infuse
- initial
- ink
- inscribe
- jot down
- knock off
- knock out
- label
- lacquer
- lay out
- letter
- lighten
- line
- map out
- nick
- note
- note down
- outline
- paint
- pale
- pen
- pencil
- pigment
- pinken
- pinpoint
- plan
- plot
- point
- portray
- push a pencil
- put in writing
- record
- redden
- represent
- reproduce
- rewrite
- rouge
- rough out
- scar
- score
- scratch
- scrawl
- scribble
- scribe
- scriven
- seal
- set down
- set forth
- sign
- silver
- skeleton
- skeletonize
- sketch
- smudge
- splotch
- stain
- stamp
- stipple
- streak
- stroke
- suffuse
- suggest
- take down
- tell
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- trace
- transcribe
- turn out
- turn pale
- typewrite
- underline
- variegate
- wash
- white
- whitewash
- write
- write down
- write up
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