Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of removing flocks from a fabric. See
flocking-machine . - noun A collection of damaged or broken cotton fibers from the combing-needles of a cotton-combing machine. It is liable to be formed when the needles are imperfectly adjusted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
flock . - noun The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
- noun A material textured in this way.
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Examples
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Fans of the strange film will stick! upon dev otees of robotic dance song duo Daft Punk (who will be making the small arrange of vague appearance) in flocking to the motion picture Dec 2010 opening.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Fans of the strange film will stick! upon dev otees of robotic dance song duo Daft Punk (who will be making the small arrange of vague appearance) in flocking to the motion picture Dec 2010 opening.
A Pizza Mind: The 50 Biggest Movies Of 2010 The films most likely ... admin 2009
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Assuming Goth chicks frequent coffee shops and engage in flocking behavior.
VinceKeenan.com 2006
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We don't have to look far to find the undisciplined amateur with an itching for a published book or website in their name flocking to it like sweet candy.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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We don't have to look far to find the undisciplined amateur with an itching for a published book or website in their name flocking to it like sweet candy.
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The concept of flocking is not owned or patented by anyone, and may be expressed however one wishes.
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Well, I suppose one can quibble about the definition of "flocking."
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For publishers this is certainly something to try, especially with the idea of flocking together to attract higher CPMs. reply
Adroll: The Social Ad Network (Beta Invites) Erick Schonfeld 2005
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Mr. Walsh sent Mr. Darwin an extract from Dr. Hartman's "Journal of the doings of a Cicada septendecim," in which the females are described as flocking round the drumming males.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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He held forth on how Bedouin poetry shaped a moderate Islam in Libya, and he was just starting to explain the relevance to Libyan politics of the mathematical theory of complexity - it had to do with something called "flocking phenomena" - when his cellphone rang.
The Guardian World News Matthew Weaver 2011
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