shifting
English
Noun
shifting (plural shiftings)
- A shift or change; a shifting movement.
- 1811, Charles Lamb, On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation
- I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.
- 1978, Jack Vance, The View from Chickweed's Window
- Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.
- 1811, Charles Lamb, On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation
- (linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
Derived terms
- gear-shifting
Verb
shifting
- present participle of shift
Anagrams
- infights