Usually means: Drawing moisture away from body.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. wicking: Merriam-Webster
  2. wicking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Wicking, wicking: Wordnik
  4. wicking: Wiktionary
  5. wicking: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. wicking: Dictionary.com
  7. Wicking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Wicking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. wicking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Wicking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. wicking: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Wicking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wicking: Corporate Apparel Glossary
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wicking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wicking: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. wicking: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wicking: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Masonry dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Oil Analysis (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wicking)

noun:  The material of which wicks are made, especially a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
noun:  (physics) capillarity, capillary motion, capillary effect

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