In the First World War (1914–18): the use of Zeppelins to carry out bombing raids. Later: the action or practice of travelling in a Zeppelin.
In quot. 19151 a punning use alluding to ‘every cloud has a silver lining’.
[1915
It may be imagined that in England just now every cloud appears to have a Zeppelining.
Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 24 January 8/3]
1915
Each sport would be represented by the costumes, the men to take the hardy masculine sports such as motoring, aeroplaning, Zeppelining, and baseball.
Vogue 15 July 26/2
1916
The cows over there certainly must have been scared stiff by all the cannonading, and Zeppelining.
Alton (Illinois) Evening Telegraph 25 March 5/3
1917
The ‘Kreunz [sic] Zeitung’..was formerly notorious for its demand for ruthless Zeppelining of non-combatants.
Daily Observer (Tamworth, New South Wales) 8 February 2/4
1929
Zeppelining, as it is called, has been naturally rather in a class apart.
New York Times 28 July (Magazine) 17/1
1931
When you go Zeppelining..you can put practically all of your nature-given senses away and rely wholly on an imposing array of man-made instruments.
Popular Aviation September 17/1
Pronunciation
British English
/ˈzɛp(ə)lɪnɪŋ/
ZEP-uh-lin-ing
U.S. English
/ˈzɛp(ə)lənɪŋ/
ZEP-uh-luh-ning
Consonants
ppea
ttea
kkey
bbuy
ddye
ɡguy
tʃchore
dʒjay
ffore
θthaw
ssore
ʃshore
vvee
ðthee
zzee
ʒbeige
xloch
hhay
llay
ɬrhingyll
rray
wway
jyore
mmay
nnay
ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.
Vowels
iːfleece
ihappy
ɪkit
ɛdress
atrap, bath
ɑːstart, palm, bath
ɒlot
ɔːthought, force
ʌstrut
ʊfoot
uːgoose
əletter
əːnurse
ɪənear
ɛːsquare
ʊəcure
eɪface
ʌɪpride
aʊmouth
əʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ãgratin
ɒ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.
Vowels
ifleece, happy
ɪkit
ɛdress
ætrap, bath
ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
ɑrstart
ɔcloth, thought
ɔrnorth, force
ʊfoot
ugoose
əstrut, comma
ərnurse, letter
ɪ(ə)rnear
ɛ(ə)rsquare
ʊ(ə)rcure
eɪface
aɪpride
aʊmouth
oʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ɑ̃gratin
æ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values