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Dictionary: dust·ing   (dŭs'tĭng) pronunciation
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n.
  1. A light sprinkling: sidewalks covered with a dusting of new snow.
  2. Slang. A beating or defeat: gave the bully a good dusting.

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noun

    The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal massacre, trimming, whipping. Slang licking. See win/lose/recovery.

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The development of a powdered material at the surface of hardened concrete.

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more