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soaking

The English word “soaking” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
  2. The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by Mormons in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.

adjective

  1. Extremely wet; saturated.
  2. Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.

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