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to woodshedding

to woodshedding

8.9
To practice alone for a long time to improve musical skill
  • verb
  • /ˈwʊdˌʃɛdɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : practicar intensamente
  • The guitarist spent hours woodshedding before his big concert.

Examples

  • She has been woodshedding her piano pieces every evening this week.

  • She is woodshedding for the upcoming concert.

  • Many jazz musicians believe in woodshedding alone to master their improvisation skills.

  • He spent the weekend woodshedding his guitar skills.

  • The guitarist spent hours woodshedding before his big concert.

  • She has been woodshedding her piano pieces every evening this week.

  • Many jazz musicians believe in woodshedding alone to master their improvisation skills.

Synonyms

to woodshed
vsto woodshedding
  • Jargon
8.9

To practice music a lot by yourself to improve your playing

is the identical sense expressed as the ongoing action or process form

How Intensive

to woodshedding
  • Jargon
8.9
to rehearse
131 3.5
to practice
  • US
697 1.0
to dabble
45 4.8

Surface Forms

woodshedding infinitive
woodshedded past
woodshedded past participle
woodshedding present participle
woodsheddings third person singular

Morphology

woodshedding = woodshed (semi-transparent) = wood + shed + ing

Morphologically regular formation from the verb 'woodshed' with '-ing', but the underlying verb meaning itself is a figurative extension from the literal place 'wood+shed', so the relation is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Woodshedding as a verb is like a musician going into a woodshed to work on hard parts alone until they sound right, so to woodshed or be woodshedding means to practise something privately and intensively.