Akademik

impinging

noun

the physical coming together of two or more things (Freq. 3)

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contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull

• Syn: ↑contact, ↑striking

• Derivationally related forms: ↑strike (for: ↑striking), ↑impinge, ↑contact (for: ↑contact)

• Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event

• Hyponyms:

↑collision, ↑hit, ↑engagement, ↑mesh, ↑meshing, ↑interlocking, ↑flick, ↑impact, ↑touch, ↑touching

Useful english dictionary. 2012.