gisting

• Rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ

gisting

1. present participle and gerund of gist

gisting (plural gistings)

1. (rare, nonstandard) summary, summarization/summarisation
   • 1964, Michael Arnold Williams, Researching local history: the human journey, page 64:

     Currently almost every paper seems to feel that its readers ought to be interested in the newspaper's own comments on the news, while of the news itself the reader would want merely some gistings or highlights […]

From gisten (“to ferment”) +‎ -ing.

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gisting f (plural gistingen)

1. fermentation

From gista +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪstiŋk/

gisting f (genitive singular gistingar, nominative plural gistingar)

1. a night's lodging and accommodation (in an inn, hotel, etc.)

• biðjast gistingar (“to ask to stay for the night; to ask for a bed for the night”)

• “gisting” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)