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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mid•dling /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - average in size, quantity, or quality.
- mediocre;
ordinary;
commonplace.
adv. - moderately;
fairly:doing middling well.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mid•dling (mid′ling),USA pronunciation adj. - medium, moderate, oraverage in size, quantity, or quality:The returns on such a large investment may be only middling.
- mediocre;
ordinary;
commonplace;
pedestrian:The restaurant's entrées are no better than middling. - Slang Terms[Older Use.]in fairly good health.
adv. - moderately;
fairly.
n. - middlings, any of various products or commodities of intermediate quality, grade, size, etc., as the coarser particles of ground wheat mingled with bran.
- Dialect TermsOften, middlings. Also called mid′dling meat′. [Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.]salt pork or smoked side meat.
- late Middle English (north). See mid1, -ling2 1375–1425
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