noun · rare

kitchen-sinking

kitchen-sinking · kitchen-sinkings

The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argumentThe act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.

UK/ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/US/ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ə)nˈsɪŋkɪŋ/

Meaning

2 senses

The act of raising unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
The act or practice of releasing a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.

Origin

From kitchen sink (noun) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the acts of doing things),

From kitchen sink (noun) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the acts of doing things), referring to terms like everything but the kitchen sink and throw the kitchen sink at. The term is attested earlier than kitchen sink (verb).

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