malling

English

Etymology

From mall +‎ -ing.

Noun

malling (uncountable)

1. the transformation of a district by building shopping malls
   • 2008 May 17, Andrew E. Kramer, “In Siberia, Shopping Malls Are Sprouting All Over”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The malling of Siberia is transforming the drab gray landscape on the outskirts of these cities into a tableau of Day-Glo green and purple outlets, and providing a slim ray of hope to retailers whose business is lagging elsewhere.

2. (chiefly Philippines) shopping or window-shopping in a shopping mall

Anagrams

• Gillman