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losing
los·ing L0255000 (lo͞o′zĭng)adj.1. Failing to win, as in a sport or game: a losing team; a losing lottery ticket.2. Of or relating to one that fails to win: a losing season; a losing battle.n.1. The act of one that loses; loss.2. often losings Something lost, such as money at gambling.losing (ˈluːzɪŋ) adjunprofitable; failing: the business was a losing concern. losing- idiot strings - Refers to the strings that attach mittens to prevent a child from losing one.
- in hock - Can be traced to the card game faro, in which the last card in the box was called the hocketty card; when a player bet on a card that ended up in hock, he was at a disadvantage and was himself in hock and at risk of losing his bets.
- jeopardy - Comes from French ieu parti, "(evenly) divided game" (from Latin jocus partitus, "divided game"), referring originally to chess, in which the chances of winning and losing are balanced.
- pain - Originally meant punishment for a crime or offense—sometimes by losing one's head.
ThesauruslosingnounThe act or an instance of losing something:loss, misplacement.Translationslosing
See:- (one) can't win for losing
- a losing battle
- a losing game
- be (batting) on a losing wicket
- be fighting a losing battle
- be losing it
- fight a losing battle
- lose (one's) appetite
- lose (one's) buttons
- lose (one's) cherry
- lose (one's) cool
- lose (one's) doughnuts
- lose (one's) faith (in something or someone)
- lose (one's) footing
- lose (one's) grip on
- lose (one's) head
- lose (one's) hold on (someone or something)
- lose (one's) hold over (someone or something)
- lose (one's) marbles
- lose (one's) patience (with someone)
- lose (one's) temper
- lose (one's) train of thought
- lose (one's) v-card
- lose (some amount of) time
- lose a bundle
- lose a packet
- lose at (something)
- lose by
- lose contact (with one)
- lose count (of something)
- lose face
- lose favor (with one)
- lose ground
- lose heart
- lose in
- lose it
- lose money hand over fist
- lose money on (something)
- lose no time (in) (doing something)
- lose out
- lose out on (something)
- lose patience (with one)
- lose reason
- lose sleep
- lose the battle, but win the war
- lose the drift (of something)
- lose the thread
- lose the use of (something)
- lose time
- lose to (someone or something)
- lose touch
- lose touch with reality
- lose touch with sanity
- losing battle, (to fight) a
- losing battle, a
- losing streak
- on a losing wicket
- play a losing game
- win or lose
- win the battle, but lose the war
losing
losing (jargon)Said of anything that is or causes a lose orlossage.LegalSeeLossFinancialSeelosslosing
Related to losing: Losing weightSynonyms for losingnoun the act or an instance of losing somethingSynonyms |