marking

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ

From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark +‎ -ing.

marking (countable and uncountable, plural markings)

1. The action of marking.
   • 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC‎:

     The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home.

2. A mark.
   • 2020 May 20, Ian Prosser, “Comment”, in Rail, page 7:

     Social distancing principles form a part of the essential controls needed to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. [...] For example, measures such as signage and floor markings to provide physical separation will help.

3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

marking

1. present participle and gerund of mark