foiling

Meanings

Plural: foilings

Noun

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
• The act by which something is foiled; prevention of success.
• The track of game, such as deer, in the grass.
• A foil.
• Clipping of hydrofoiling (“the action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water”).

Verb

• enhance by contrast
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• cover or back with foil
• present participle and gerund of foil

Synonyms

baffle, bilk, cross, flying, foil, frustrate, frustration, hydrofoiling, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart, thwarting