underscoring

English

Verb

underscoring

  1. present participle and gerund of underscore

Noun

underscoring (plural underscorings)

  1. An underline.
    • 2002, Jane Toombs, Nightingale Man, page 62:
      Parkington swung his chair away, keeping the book in his hand and his back to Anthony. “He underscored whole passages,” he said. “I can't abide reading a book with underscorings in it.”
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