Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sport of climbing buildings or other manmade structures.
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- noun The act of climbing
buildings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Climbing," I replied, although technically what I was doing is called "buildering" -- a pun on bouldering, a genre of rock climbing performed on large boulders.
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Justina: Not only does buildering actually exist, but so does the (ahem) STANFORD route guides to buildering, not Berkeley.
slayground: Interview: Justina Chen Headley Little Willow 2006
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I had never heard of buildering prior to reading this book.
slayground: Interview: Justina Chen Headley Little Willow 2006
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College campuses are frequently buildering hot spots, what with a myriad of interesting structures and an ample supply of young people looking for something to do rather than study.
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My buildering career began as a child, traversing a rough stone wall that faced the front of the house I grew up in.
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In the late 19th century, British alpinist Geoffrey Winthrop Young published a buildering guide to Cambridge University.
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These adventures include “buildering” rock-climing on buildings with her new friend Jasmine, meeting her Auntie Lu, find out some surprising things about her mother, meeting a guy who is Asian but STILL not what her mother wants for her, and find out that her goody-two-shoes classmate, Anne, who is at math camp with her, is writing a romance novel.
Review List 2006
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These adventures include “buildering” rock-climing on buildings with her new friend Jasmine, meeting her Auntie Lu, find out some surprising things about her mother, meeting a guy who is Asian but STILL not what her mother wants for her, and find out that her goody-two-shoes classmate, Anne, who is at math camp with her, is writing a romance novel.
Review: Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley 2006
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