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WIKTIONARY
icing
Noun
  • A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
  • A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this. ice hockey
  • The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
Verb
  • present participle of ice
ice
Noun
  • Water in frozen (solid) form. uncountable
  • Covering made of frozen water on a river or other water basin in cold season. uncountable
  • Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. uncountable, physics, astronomy
  • Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. uncountable, astronomy
  • A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar. countable
  • Any substance having the appearance of ice. uncountable
  • One or more diamonds. uncountable, slang
  • Crystal form of methamphetamine. uncountable, slang, drugs
  • The area where a game of ice hockey is played. uncountable, ice hockey
Verb
  • To cool with ice, as a beverage.
  • To become ice, to freeze.
  • To murder. slang
  • To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
  • To put out a team for a match. ice hockey
  • To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing. ice hockey