legging

• leggin (dated)

From leg + -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ

legging (plural leggings)

1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.

   Hyponym: yoga pants

3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers.

   Take the legging and turn up the cuff.

4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
   • 2000, Michael Williams, Amy Hoffman, Fundamentals of Options Market, McGraw Hill Professional, page 128:

     As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.

legging

1. present participle and gerund of leg

• legging it
• bootlegging
• peg-legging

• Leggings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• eggling

From leggen +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: leg‧ging

legging f (plural leggingen, diminutive legginkje n)

1. (chiefly in compounds) act of placing

Borrowed from English legging.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡɪŋ/, /ˈlɛɣɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: leg‧ging

legging m (plural leggings, diminutive legginkje n)

1. legging (leg covering)

From leggja +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛcːiŋk/

legging f (genitive singular leggingar, nominative plural leggingar)

1. frill, ruffle (decorative strip of material)

From leggje +‎ -ing.

legging f (definite singular legginga, indefinite plural leggingar, definite plural leggingane)

1. laying
2. the act of going to bed one self or putting to bed someone else

• “legging” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English legging.

legging f (plural leggings)

1. legging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)
   • 2024, Beatriz Oliveira, Paixão e Segredos‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Ela estava com os cabelos presos em um rabo de cavalo, usava uma legging e uma blusa enorme, que chegava quase aos seus joelhos, e parecia cansada.

     She had her hair tied up in a ponytail, was wearing leggings and an oversized blouse that almost reached her knees, and she looked tired.

• “legging”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “legging”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026