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Today’s pangrams are WARPING and WRAPPING.
WARPING is defined as a moral or mental distortion.
WRAPPING is defined as the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped. It is also defined as an enveloping bandage.
APIAN is defined as relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
The word APING has no known definition.
GAPING is defined as with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
GAWP is defined as look with amazement; look stupidly.
The word GAWPING has no known definition.
GRAPPA is defined as Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
GRIP is defined as to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match. It is also defined as a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes. It is also defined as the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road). It is also defined as the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it. It is also defined as a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place. It is also defined as to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. It is also defined as an intellectual hold or understanding. It is also defined as the act of grasping. It is also defined as hold fast or firmly. It is also defined as worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made.
GRIPING is defined as acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
GRIPPING is defined as capable of arousing and holding the attention.
NAPPING is defined as not prepared or vigilant.
NIPPING is defined as pleasantly cold and invigorating. It is also defined as capable of wounding.
PAGAN is defined as a person who does not acknowledge your god. It is also defined as not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam. It is also defined as someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures. It is also defined as a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew).
PAGING is defined as the system of numbering pages. It is also defined as calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system).
PAIN is defined as cause emotional anguish or make miserable. It is also defined as a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder. It is also defined as cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed. It is also defined as emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. It is also defined as a somatic sensation of acute discomfort. It is also defined as something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. It is also defined as a bothersome annoying person.
The word PAINING has no known definition.
PAIR is defined as a set of two similar things considered as a unit. It is also defined as arrange in pairs. It is also defined as two items of the same kind. It is also defined as form a pair or pairs. It is also defined as engage in sexual intercourse. It is also defined as occur in pairs. It is also defined as bring two objects, ideas, or people together. It is also defined as a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value. It is also defined as two people considered as a unit.
PAIRING is defined as the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. It is also defined as the act of grouping things or people in pairs.
PANG is defined as a mental pain or distress. It is also defined as a sudden sharp feeling. It is also defined as a sharp spasm of pain.
PANINI is defined as Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
The word PANNING has no known definition.
PAPA is defined as an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
PAPAW is defined as fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples. It is also defined as small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
PARING is defined as a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. It is also defined as (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel.
The word PAWING has no known definition.
PAWN is defined as leave as a guarantee in return for money. It is also defined as a person used by another to gain an end. It is also defined as an article deposited as security. It is also defined as borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan. It is also defined as (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank.
The word PAWNING has no known definition.
PAWPAW is defined as tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. It is also defined as fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples. It is also defined as small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
The word PIGGING has no known definition.
PING is defined as a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya. It is also defined as sound like a car engine that is firing too early. It is also defined as a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal). It is also defined as contact, usually in order to remind of something. It is also defined as hit with a pinging noise. It is also defined as make a short high-pitched sound. It is also defined as send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.
The word PINGING has no known definition.
PINING is defined as a feeling of deep longing.
PINNING is defined as a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin.
PIPING is defined as (used of heat) extremely. It is also defined as a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. It is also defined as a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems. It is also defined as playing a pipe or the bagpipes.
PIPPIN is defined as any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red.
PRAWN is defined as any of various edible decapod crustaceans. It is also defined as fish for prawns. It is also defined as shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible.
PRIG is defined as a person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
The word RAPINI has no known definition.
The word RAPPING has no known definition.
RIPARIAN is defined as of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
RIPPING is defined as very good; of the highest quality. It is also defined as resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
WARP is defined as a shape distorted by twisting or folding. It is also defined as a moral or mental distortion. It is also defined as a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting. It is also defined as make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. It is also defined as bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat. It is also defined as yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
The word WIPING has no known definition.
WRAP is defined as arrange or fold as a cover or protection. It is also defined as arrange or or coil around. It is also defined as the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped. It is also defined as enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. It is also defined as cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person. It is also defined as a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla. It is also defined as crash into so as to coil around.
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