Crossword-Solution: COASTING
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Coasting | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Coast |
| Coasting | a. | Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. |
| Coasting | n. | A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade. |
| Coasting | n. | Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| COASTING | anagram | AGNOSTIC |
We have 6 clues for the answer “COASTING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Exerting little effort | 1 answer |
| Getting by with minimal effort | 1 answer |
| Putting forth little effort | 1 answer |
| Resting on one's laurels | 1 answer |
| Good sport | 3 answers |
| Winter sport. | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COASTING (5)
The sea was incessantly ploughed by the steamers that ply between New York or Boston and the Gulf of Mexico, and overrun day and night by the little schooners coasting about the several parts of the American coast.
Yet the mails were despatched and received by chance coasting vessels at the rate of a penny a letter; six and eight weeks often elapsed between opportunities, and when a mail was to be made up, sometimes at a moment’s notice, the bellman was sent hastily through the streets of Lerwick.
The Captain instructed him in steering, and even promised to show him the use of the sextant and how to take an observation in the fake short and easy coasting style of navigation.
His youngest uncle said: “Why don’t you go up and coast with them?” The boy said: “They may be afraid of me, but I guess I will try once, anyway.” So the next morning when the crowd came coasting, Stone boy started for the hill.
There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually “hug” the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight.
Quotes with COASTING (3)
You're writing, you're coasting, and you're thinking, 'This is the best thing I've ever written, and it's coming so easily, and these characters are so great.' You put it aside for whatever reason, and you open it up a week later and the characters have turned to cardboard and the book has completely fallen apart," she says. "That's the moment of truth for every writer: Can I go on from here and make this book into something? I think it separates the writers from the nonwrite…
This is the new year the new you. You can pass through another year, coasting on cruise control. Or you can step out of your comfort zone, trying things you have never done before, & make 2012 as the year that you elevate from where you are & soar high. Make it happen!
If there isn't a struggle, there's no stretch, and therefore no growth. Easy doesn’t change you and comfort won’t challenge you. Coasting isn't a strategy.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1969–2025).