[{"word":"tombstoning","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In highway driving, a blockage in traffic caused by a semi-trailer truck attempting to pass another with insufficient acceleration.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(in digital libraries) The practice of leaving a marker in a location where a digital record has been withdrawn, in order to signify that the record had previously existed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["Manhattan effect","drawbridging","tombstone effect"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tombstone","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tombstoning"]}]