- present participle of ice.
icing
Example Sentences
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Any enrichment and information is icing on the cake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
With an almost 20-year gap between Oisin and his oldest sibling, his parents lovingly called him "the icing on the cake".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Your Social Security is the icing on the proverbial retirement cake.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
"But if all our instruments are powered up, and we can do important testing and calibration of the science instruments, that would be the icing on the cake."
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
“I’ll bake cookies. With striped icing and star sprinkles.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
