begging

Plural: beggings

Noun

• a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
• The act of one who begs.
• Money or goods acquired by begging.

Verb

Verb Forms: beg, begged, begging, begs

• Humbly or earnestly asking for something.
• The action of pleading for something earnestly.
• call upon in supplication; entreat
• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
• ask to obtain free
• dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
• present participle and gerund of beg

Examples

• His rack, full of vowels, was practically begging for a consonant.
• Playing a seven-letter word on a triple-word score is just begging for a win.

Synonyms

beg, beggary, implore, mendicancy, pray, solicit, tap

Anagrams of begging