charging

noun

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.

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The word charging breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root charg-, from Latin carrus (“wheeled vehicle”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.