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icing
(redirected from icing on the cake)

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ic·ing  (sng)
n.
1. A sweet glaze made of sugar, butter, water, and egg whites or milk, often flavored and cooked and used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies. See Regional Note at frosting.
2. Sports A minor violation of the rules in ice hockey in which a player ices the puck, and the puck is not played by the goalie and does not go in the goal. Icing is not called when the team that has iced the puck is killing a penalty.
Idiom:
icing on the cake
An additional benefit to something already good.

icing
Noun
1. Also (esp. US and Canad.): (frosting) a mixture of sugar and water or egg whites used to cover and decorate cakes
2. icing on the cake any unexpected extra or bonus
3. the formation of ice on a ship or aircraft
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.icingicing - the formation of frost or ice on a surface
freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
2.icingicing - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
topping - a flavorful addition on top of a dish
3.icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
hockey game, ice hockey, hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
maneuver, manoeuvre, play - a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"
Translations
icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (CULIN) → alcorza;
(AVIAT etc) → formación f de hielo

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (Aviat etc) → givrage m;
(Culin) → glaçage m

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (Culin) → Zuckerguss m;
(Aviat etc) → Vereisung f

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (AVIAT etc) → patina di ghiaccio;
(CULIN) → glassa

icing ice


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But getting Elisa to the Olympics-that will be the icing on the cake of a lifetime if we can make it happen.
For DWP workers, who are already paid wages 20 percent or more higher than other city employees doing comparable work, the deal was just icing on the cake.
Our soft goods renovation is the icing on the cake.
 
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